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Dioscorea scortechinii

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Prain & Burkill

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Hainan
• Yunnan - China
• Arunachal Pradesh - India
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Perak - Malaysia
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Evergreen forests
• montane areas
• lowland forest

Flowering Times

• Aug-Sep (Thailand) Jun-Sep (China)

Fruiting Times

• Nov-Jan (Thailand) Oct-Jan (China)

Large forest tuberous sparsely prickly climber with all parts hairy, glabrescent stems twining woody & spiny, 3-5 foliolate leaves 80mm x 40mm inflorescences glabrescent above with red hairs beneath, male raceme or spike with bracts axillary 700mm long, female axillary to 150mm long. Male flowers 1.6mm diameter, glabrous sepals 1mm long, spikes of female flowers to 1.3mm long, fruit a fawn woolly capsule aging black to 50mm with 15mm wide x 50mm wings at 90º

Further References

• Thai F.
• NYBG
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS
• Kew