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Dioscorea mexicana

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Scheidweiler

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• N. Colombia
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• riverside
• disturbed forest
• shrubland
• woodland
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Jun-Sep Mar
• Apr
• Dec Mar (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct May

Herbaceous glabrous caudiciform yam, right twining, 1mm flowers purple or reddish, urn-shaped, capsule oblong to 30mm long brownish, seasonally dormant perennial climber, caudex to 1.2m wide

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Llamas 2003
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Standley
• Kew