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Dioscorea tokoro

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Makino ex Miyabe

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• S Anhui
• Fujian
• Guizhou
• S Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• S Jiangxi
• S Sichuan
• Zhejiang - China
• Hokkaido
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• coastal
• bamboo forest
• lowland thickets. Decoction of tubers used for fish poison

Flowering Times

• Jun-Aug (China)
• Jul-Aug (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (China)

Herbaceous glabrous rhizomatous twiner with mucronulate glabrous leaves to 120mm x 100mm, axillary panicles of solitary or cymules of yellowish-green flowers with 2mm long bracts and bracteoles, 4mm diameter male flowers, fruit light brown to 22mm with 7mm wide wings

Further References

• Gouldstone 1983
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• FOJ
• Fedde
• Kew