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Dioscorea preussii

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Pax

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Sep

Fruiting Times

• May
• Sep
• Nov

Liana or herbaceous tuberous climber with leaves glabrous above pubescent beneath 100mm x 100mm, axillary male racemes to 200mm long with pubescent bracts, hairy perianth to 3mm long, greenish yellow fruit

Further References

• Mobot
• net
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew