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Dioscorea sansibarensis

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Pax

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Comoros
• Congo
• Gabon
• Guinea
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• forest
• woodland.

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Jul

Fruiting Times

• Jul

Large glabrous tuberous climber, glabrous leaves 300mm x 300mm, green to white flowers, male panicles or spikes to 600mm long with minute bracts & bracteoles, greenish perianth to 3mm long, purple fruit, large verrucose aerial tubers in leaf axils

Further References

• Gouldstone 1983
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• Timberlake
• FOTA
• GBS
• Kew