Category: Dioscorea

Dioscorea laurifolia Wall. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 293 (1892) (syn: Dioscorea laurifolia var. hookeri R.Knuth); . Peninsula Thailand to Malaya, Borneo: Borneo, Malaya, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Assam as per publication . Dioscorea for identification-12: 3 very high res. images. Help me identify this Dioscorea member Photographed in Behali Reserve Forest, Assam on 21 ‎April […]

Dioscorea pubera Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 21 (1827) (syn: Dioscorea anguina Roxb. ; Dioscorea combilium Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. ; Dioscorea cornifolia Kunth); . Central Himalaya to W. Malesia: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera as per POWO; Tubers 1 or 2, narrowly cylindric, rootless few, flesh lemon yellow]. Plant shortly pubescent throughout. Stem twining to […]

Dioscorea wattii Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 4: 457 (1908); . E. Himalaya to Bangladesh: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya as per POWO; . MS,Sept,2022/03 Smilax sp. for id: Location : Rescue Centre, Sihphir, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1,100 m Habit : Climber Habitat : Wild Dioscorea ! What are the species of Dioscorea reported […]

Dioscorea benthamii Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 4: 448 1908. (syn: Dioscorea tarokoensis Hayata); . SE. China, Taiwan as per POWO; . Dioscorea benthamii Prain & Burkill From Hong Kong: 1 high res. image. Dioscorea benthamii Prain & Burkill Dioscoreaceae Distribution: China       . References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant […]

Dioscorea decipiens Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 293 1892. (syn: Dioscorea decipiens var. glabrescens C.T.Ting & M.C.Chang); China (Yunnan) to Indo-China: Bangladesh, China South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Fwd: ID No.1112020_1 RD : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Please help me to identify this species of Dioscoreaceae. Place: Assam Date: 14/10/20 It looks like Dioscorea decipiens Hook. f. Thanks, …, for the id. Yes appears […]

For ID22102019RK2-please help in identification : 8 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1) Please help in identification of this. Its a local root consumed in Jharkhand. Local name-Churke Date-15th August, 2018 Place-Village chewo, Godda, Jharkhand Dioscorea pentaphylla L. ? Dioscorea wd. be my guess too.  one of the rangaloo but be careful of toxic alkaloids […]

Dioscorea alata ?;   Validation of images 59,60 300915 Dioscorea . : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) images of Dioscorea bulbifera found on hill slope of Nasik please validate   It does look like D. bulbifera.  I think more closer to Dioscorea alata L. rather than those at Dioscorea bulbifera L. D. alata leaves are more longer than wide, […]

Dioscorea hamiltonii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 294 1892. (syn: Dioscorea persimilis Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea persimilis var. pubescens C.T.Ting & M.C.Chang; Dioscorea persimilis var. wukangensis Hand.-Mazz.; Dioscorea raishaensis Hayata); . Nepal to Taiwan and Pen. Thailand (as per WCSP); . Climber to at least 10 m. Tubers one per growing season, often with withering […]

Dioscorea wallichii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 295 1892. (Syn: Dioscorea wallichii var. christiei Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea wallichii var. vera Prain & Burkill); . India to China (W. Yunnan) and Pen. Malaysia as per WCSP; . commonly known as: Wallich’s yam • Assamese: পাণ পতিয়া বন আলু paan potiya bon aloo • Gujarati: ચાયડુ chaydu • Hindi: […]

Dioscorea melanophyma Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 4: 452 1908. (Syn: Dioscorea tenii R.Knuth); . 23062014GS2 hebaceous climber for ID from Chakrata-GSJUN04 : 10 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2). This herbaceous climber was photographed from Chakrata Tiger Fall Road in September 2011, still lying unidentified. Please help in ID. Mysterious for […]

Dioscorea kamoonensis Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 395 1850. (Syn: Dioscorea bonatiana Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea brevifolia (Prain & Burkill) K.Y.Guan & D.F.Chamb.; Dioscorea dissecta R.Knuth; Dioscorea fargesii Franch.; Dioscorea firma R.Knuth; Dioscorea kamoonensis var. brevifolia Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea kamoonensis var. fargesii (Franch.) Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea kamoonensis var. praecox Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea kamoonensis […]

Dioscorea deltoidea Wall. ex Griseb., Fl. Bras. 3(1): 43 1842. (Syn: Dioscorea deltoidea var. orbiculata Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea nepalensis (Jacquem. ex Prain & Burkill) Sweet ex Bernardi; Tamus nepalensis Jacquem. ex Prain & Burkill); . ID request-211111-PKA3: These are the long shots of a Climber(?) i had seen at “Dachigam National Park, Srinagar“. These […]

Dioscorea belophylla (Prain) Voigt ex Haines, Forest Fl. Chota Nagpur 530 1910. (Syn: Dioscorea nummularia var. belophylla Prain; Dioscorea sagittata Royle); . Indian Subcontinent: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . spear-leaved dioscorea • Bengali: chupri alu • Hindi: तुरर turar • Kannada: ಕಾದು ಗೆಣಸು kaadu genasu • Marathi: जंगली मटोळ […]

Dioscorea tomentosa J.König ex Spreng., Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 92 1815. (Syn: Helmia tomentosa (J.König ex Spreng.) Kunth); . Malayalam Noolamkizhangu, Inckkachil, Chavu, Pindi, Inthikachil, Nuli, Chavankizhangu, Inthi Kachchil, Chavali Others Nurai Tamil Shaval Kilangu, Nalvaelikizhangu . Stem twining to the left, terete, tomentose. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets subequal, to 13 x 10 cm, broadly […]

amit uid 1 1392011:  Attaching photo of a climber collected from Chopta, Uttarakhand in Quercus forest at an altitude of about 2900 mts. Please help in identification. Dioscorea is also possibily, although I thought leaves are more rigid like Smilax. At the same time stipule tendrils of Smilax are not visible in the photograph. Perhaps another photograph […]

Dioscorea pentaphylla L., Sp. Pl. 1032 1753. (Syn. Botryosicyos pentaphyllus (L.) Hochst.; Dioscorea changjiangensis F.W.Xing & Z.X.Li; Dioscorea codonopsidifolia Kamik.;Dioscorea digitata Mill.; Dioscorea globifera R.Knuth; Dioscorea jacquemontii Hook.f.; Dioscorea kleiniana Kunth; Dioscorea spinosa Burm.;Dioscorea triphylla L. ; Hamatris triphylla (L.) Salisb.; Ubium quadrifarium J.F.Gmel.; Ubium scandens J.St.-Hil.); . dy-oh-SKOR-ee-uh — named for Pedanios Dioscorides, Greek pharmacologist […]

Dioscorea oppositifolia L., Sp. Pl. 1033 1753. (syn. Dioscorea opposita Thunb.; Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill); . Bangladesh; East Himalaya; India; Myanmar; Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; . dy-oh-SKOR-ee-uh — named for Pedanios Dioscorides, Greek pharmacologist … Dave’s […]

Dioscorea hispida Dennst., Schlüssel Hortus Malab. 33 1818. (syn. Dioscorea daemona Roxb.; Dioscorea daemona var. reticulata Hook.f.; Dioscorea hirsuta Blume; Dioscorea hispida var. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea hispida var. reticulata (Hook.f.) Sanjappa; Dioscorea lunata Roth; Dioscorea mollissima Blume; Dioscorea triphylla var. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea triphylla var. mollissima (Blume) Prain & […]

Dioscorea glabra Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 804 1832. (Syn: Dioscorea glabra var. hastifolia Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea glabra var. longifolia Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea glabra var. vera Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea hongkongensis Uline ex R.Knuth; Dioscorea nummularia Roxb.; Dioscorea oryzetorum var. latifolia Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea oryzetorum var. mediifolia Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea […]

Dioscorea bulbifera ?; . id tuber plant 031010MK1i – efloraofindia | Google Groups Fruit for Id – ID09082017SH2 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Fruit for Id pl. Location – Near Guhagar (Konkan, Maharashtra) Date – 01.08.2017 This is bulbil of Dioscorea sp. – may be D. bulbifera. .