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Dioscorea nipponica

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Makino

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Gansu
• Guizhou
• Hebei
• Heilongjiang
• Henan
• Hubei
• N Jiangxi
• Jilin
• Liaoning
• Nei Mongol
• Ningxia
• S Qinghai
• Shaanxi
• Shandong
• Shanxi
• NW Sichuan
• N Zhejiang - China
• Hokkaido
• N. & C. Honshu - Japan
• Khazakstan
• Korea
• Amur - Russia
• Siberia

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• scrub forest. Root edible
• important source of steroids

Flowering Times

• Jun-Aug (China)
• Aug (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (China)

Herbaceous glabrescent rhizomatous twiner with palmately lobed hairy leaves to 150mm x 120mm, staminate inflorescence spicate, cymules of flowers, pistillate inflorescence pendulous, pale brown speckled purplish fruit to 20mm with 8mm wide wings

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• FOJ
• Kew