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Dioscorea wallichii
Dioscorea wallichii
- Botanic Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Author
- J.D. Hooker
Common Names
Geographical Habitats
- Bangladesh
- W. Yunnan - China
- Assam - India
- Malaysia
- Myanmar
- Thailand
Natural Habitats
- Forests
- montane areas
- coastal
- streamside
- secondary forest
Flowering Times
- Dec (China) Jul-Sep (India)
Fruiting Times
Herbaceous glabrous tuberous twiner with glabrous stems spiny at base. Simple glabrous leaves to 250mm x 250mm. Axillary male spuikes to 50mm in pyramidal panicles to 100mm long, male purplish-red dotted flowers, flowers with bracts, sepals 1mm long. Female flowers in spikes with fleshy lobes. Capsule to 27mm maturing blackish with wing at 75ยบ to 18mm x 20mm.
Further References
- FOC
- The Plant List 2
- USNH
- F Indochine
- Kew
- IJPS