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Dioscorea membranacea

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Pierre ex Prain & Burkill

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cambodia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• N. Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous rhizomatous climber, glabrous stems, trilobed leaves 260mm x 210mm, male cymes to 300mm long with bracts and flowers 1.5mm across with lobes to 1mm long, female flowers to 30 per raceme with bracts to 1.5mm, capsule with wings at 90º 20mm long

Further References

• net
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana
• Kew