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Dioscorea subcalva

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Prain & Burkill

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hunan
• Sichuan
• Yunnan - China

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• scrub
• forest edges
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Jul-Aug (China)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Oct (China)

Herbaceous glabrescent tuberous twiner with cymules of male flowers to 2.2mm, brown red-dotted bracts on female 2mm flowers, glabrous capsule to 30mm with 8mm wings, fruiting stem to 140mm long

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• Kew