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Dioscorea smilacifolia

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

De Wildeman & Th. Durand

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burkino
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• riversides
• wet areas
• secondary forest
• forest.

Flowering Times

• Feb

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Apr

Herbaceous tuberous spiny vine with pale green fruit, green flowers, spiny, yellow-brown fibrous tubers

Further References

• Mobot
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• Kew