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Dioscorea piperifolia

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Acre
• Pará
• Goiás
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• Sheltered rocky area
• grassland
• shrublands
• thicke
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Oct

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous woody tuberous twining vine with glabrous angular stems. Lax axillary racemes to 125mm long of purple flowers 5mm x 2.5mm, fruit a capsule to 30mm x 8mm

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• NYBG
• Kew