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Dioscorea sinuata

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Velloso

Cultivated

C, with cultivars

Offspring

Thunbergia erecta 'Alba', Thunbergia erecta 'Blue Moon'

Common Names

• Ma chang shu yu (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Paraná
• Rio de Janeiro
• Santa Catarina - Brazil
• Chile
• Paraguay
• Uruguay

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• scrubland
• woodland
• seasonally inundated areas
• riverside
• forest edge
• thicket

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• May
• Sep
• Dec

Fruiting Times

Tuberous twiner with whte & yellow flowers in axillary racemes

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Kew