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Dioscorea tentaculigera

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Prain & Burkill

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• SW Yunnan - China
• Myanmar
• N. Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Montane forest

Flowering Times

• Jul-Sep (China)

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous glabrous tuberous twiner with bulbils, leaves 150mm x 60mm, hairy male thyrses to 250mm long, of 0.35mm flowers with 0.75mm lobes, solitary female flowers inflorescence to 60mm, light brown fruit to 16mm with 6mm wide wings

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• Kew