Dioscorea wallichii

Dioscorea wallichii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 295 1892. (Syn: Dioscorea wallichii var. christiei Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea wallichii var. vera Prain & Burkill);
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India to China (W. Yunnan) and Pen. Malaysia as per WCSP;
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commonly known as: Wallich’s yam • Assamese: পাণ পতিয়া বন আলু paan potiya bon aloo • Gujarati: ચાયડુ chaydu • Hindi: जुगुर कंद jugur kanda • Kannada: ಬಳ್ಳಿಗೆಣಸು balligenasu, ಕಾಡು ತೂನಗೆಣಸು kaadu toonagenasu • Kokborok: ganga • Konkani: रान करांदो ran karamdo • Malayalam: കാട്ടുകിഴങ്ങ് kaattukizhangu, നറുകിഴങ്ങ് narukizhangu, വരക്കിഴങ്ങ് varakkizhangu • Malvani: रान कनारो ran kanaro, रान करांदा ran karanda • Marathi कडूकंद kadukanda, रान करांदा ran karanda • Odia: ସୂତା ଆଳୁ suta aalu, ଟୁଙ୍ଗା tunga • Tamil: காட்டு வள்ளி கிழங்கு kaattu valli kizhangu • Telugu: కుమ్మర బద్దు kummara baddu, వెర్రి చాడ verri chaada • Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟು ತೂಣಕೆರೆಂಗ್ kattu toonakerengu, ನರೆ nare
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/11/dioscorea-wallichii-hookf.html
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Stem twining to the right, smooth or scarcely prickly towards the base. Leaves to 12 x 12 cm, orbicular, bluntly acuminate, widely cordate at base; nerves 12 pairs from the base, glabrous, intercostae parallel; petiole to 14 cm long. Spikes 7-10 cm long, 3-6 together at nodes on 30-40 cm long peduncle; bracts and bracteoles ovate, acuminate. Male tepals 1 x 1 mm, ovate, acute; stamens 6.

Flowering and fruiting: October-November
Evergreen and moist deciduous forests
India, Myanmar and Thailand
(Attributions-Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)
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Dioscorea wallichii is distributed from India to China and to Peninsula Malaysia (China, Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand).

D. wallichii is a climbing tuberous geophyte which grows on various large shrubs or trees in mixed deciduous forests, on mountain slopes, also occurs in disturbed areas along roadsides and margins of cultivated areas.
Tubers of Dioscorea wallichii are eaten after boiling and thorough washing.
Citation: Contu, S. 2009. Dioscorea wallichii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 November 2014.

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ID – MS04112014001 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
Please help me identify the Vine seen with hopefully an inflorescence in enclosed pics. found at Badlapur, Thane dist, Maharashtra.

Dioscorea wallichii Hook.f., available in the Western Ghats area of Karnataka also.

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Climber ID from Bangladesh SM151 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2).
Habit: Climbing Herb
Habitat: Wild
Location: Bandarban

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Malayalam name of Dioscorea wallichii Hook.f.:
Please validate whether the English spelling narukizhangu of the Malayalam name നറുകിഴങ്ങ് is written correctly.
Reference: Wikipedia

Also please validate the English spellings of following: കാട്ടുകിഴങ്ങ് kaattukizhangu, വരക്കിഴങ്ങ് varakkizhangu

All the spellings are correct

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Names of Plants in India :: Dioscorea wallichii Hook.f.:

dy-oh-SKOR-ee-uh — named for Pedanios Dioscorides, Greek pharmacologist … Dave’s Botanary
wall-IK-ee-eye — named for Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, Danish plant hunter, botanist and physician … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: Wallich’s yam • Assamese: পাণ পতিয়া বন আলু paan potiya bon aloo • Gujarati: ચાયડુ chaydu • Hindi: जुगुर कंद jugur kanda • Kannada: ಬಳ್ಳಿಗೆಣಸು balligenasu, ಕಾಡು ತೂನಗೆಣಸು kaadu toonagenasu • Kokborok: ganga • Konkani: रान करांदो ran karamdo • Malayalam: കാട്ടുകിഴങ്ങ് kaattukizhangu, നറുകിഴങ്ങ് narukizhangu, വരക്കിഴങ്ങ് varakkizhangu • Malvani: रान करांदा ran karanda • Marathi कडूकंद kadukanda, रान करांदा ran karanda • Odia: ସୂତା ଆଳୁ suta aalu, ଟୁଙ୍ଗା tunga • Telugu: కుమ్మర బద్దు kummara baddu, వెర్రి చాడ verri chaada • Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟು ತೂಣಕೆರೆಂಗ್ kattu toonakerengu

botanical names: Dioscorea wallichii Hook.f. … heterotypic synonyms: Dioscorea wallichii var. christiei Prain & Burkill • Dioscorea wallichii var. vera Prain & Burkill … POWO, retrieved 08 November 2023

Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Wallich’s yam
  • name coined, for want of name; derived from the commemorative epithet wallichii honouring Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, Danish plant hunter, botanist and physician; yam = common name for some species of Dioscorea that form edible tubers, though some are known to be toxic; also to be noted that yam may refer to other plants across regions of the world
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) … spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
পাণ পতিয়া বন আলু paan potiya bon aloo
  • Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi and Monoj Nath for help with this name … facebook
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) … spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
ચાયડુ chaydu
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
जुगुर कंद jugur kanda
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka
ಬಳ್ಳಿಗೆಣಸು balligenasu, ಕಾಡು ತೂನಗೆಣಸು kaadu toonagenasu
~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali … spoken in: Tripura … other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, Tippera, Trippera
ganga
  • Many thanks to Dipti Das for help with this name … facebook
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
रान करांदो ran karamdo
  • name coined, for want of name; रान ran = of forest, wild; करांदो karamdo = name given for the edible tuber of Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala
നറുകിഴങ്ങ് narukizhangu
കാട്ടുകിഴങ്ങ് kaattukizhangu, വരക്കിഴങ്ങ് varakkizhangu
~~~~~ MALVANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मालवणी) … spoken in: Maharashtra (only in the Sindhudurg district), north Goa (especially Pernem taluka) … a dialect of Konkani with significant Marathi influences and loanwords
रान करांदा ran karanda
  • Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar for help with this name … facebook
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
कडूकंद kadukanda
रान करांदा ran karanda
  • Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar for help with this name … facebook
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) … spoken in: Odisha
ସୂତା ଆଳୁ suta aalu
ଟୁଙ୍ଗା tunga
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
కుమ్మర బద్దు kummara baddu, వెర్రి చాడ verri chaada
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Kannada, Malayalam … spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಕಾಟ್ಟು ತೂಣಕೆರೆಂಗ್ kattu toonakerengu
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Manipur, *Meghalaya, Odisha, *Rajasthan, *Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, *West Bengal

* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Last updated: 10-11-2023 ~~~~~

Malvani name added; Tamil name added, Tulu name added …