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Dioscorea pilosiuscula

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Bertero ex Sprengel

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guatemala
• Hispaniola
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Peru
• Venezuela
• Leeward Islands
• Puerto Rico
• Guyana
• Panama
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Virgin Islands - USA
• Venezuela
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• streamside thickets
• montane areas
• coastal forest

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Sep
• Oct

Left twining tuberous climber with glabrous variegated leaves. 2mm greenish yellow pubescent flowers in long racemes, fruit to 32mm long, brown,

Further References

• Mobot
• NHN
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• SAFIO
• Standley
• Kew