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Dioscorea yunnanensis

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Prain & Burkill

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Guizhou
• Yunnan - China

Natural Habitats

• Scrub forest
• forest margins
• montane slopes

Flowering Times

• Jun
• Jul-Aug (China)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Oct (China)

Herbaceous glabresacent tuberous twiner with pubescent stems, leaves to 90mm x 120mm, glabrescent above, white-pubescent beneath. Thyrses axillary to 200mm long, bracts to 5mm long, male 2mm flowers, densely pubescent fruit capsule to 30mm with 20mm wings

Further References

• FOC
• NYBG
• Fedde
• The Plant List 2
• Kew