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Dioscorea communis (L.) Caddick & Wilkin

Sceau de Notre Dame (fr), Dioscorée commune (fr), Tamier commun (fr), Herbe aux femmes battues (fr), Taminier (fr), Sceau-de-Notre-Dame (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Dioscoreales > Dioscoreaceae > Dioscorea

Characteristics

A vine. It is a yam.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread endozoochory
Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 3.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

The young leaves and stems are eaten raw or boiled and also used in pickles. They are also cooked with an egg as an omelette.
Uses food medicinal poison
Edible leaves roots shoots stems tubers
Therapeutic use Bruise (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Ecchymosis (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Fatality (unspecified), Gout (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Rubefacient (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified)
Human toxicity toxic (root), toxic (whole), toxic (fruit)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 36
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Dioscorea communis habit picture by beurny (cc-by-sa)
Dioscorea communis habit picture by Frédéric Lançon (cc-by-sa)
Dioscorea communis habit picture by raphaelh (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Dioscorea communis leaf picture by Michel Astruc (cc-by-sa)
Dioscorea communis leaf picture by López Coronel David (cc-by-sa)
Dioscorea communis leaf picture by kats yuki (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Dioscorea communis flower picture by Giovanni Scarmoncin (cc-by-sa)
Dioscorea communis flower picture by Frank Sundermeyer (cc-by-sa)
Dioscorea communis flower picture by michel metzger (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Dioscorea communis fruit picture by López Coronel David (cc-by-sa)
Dioscorea communis fruit picture by beurny (cc-by-sa)
Dioscorea communis fruit picture by beurny (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Dioscorea communis world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Germany, Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Palau, Portugal, Romania, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Tunisia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20005752-1
WFO ID wfo-0000389997
COL ID 36CHZ
BDTFX ID 101529
INPN ID 611652
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Dioscorea canariensis Dioscorea communis Tamus cirrhosa Tamus communis Tamus cretica Tamus edulis Tamus norsa Tamus racemosa Smilax rubra Tamus cordifolia Tamus baccifera Tamus canariensis Tamus communis f. subtriloba Tamus parviflora Tamus communis subsp. cretica Tamus communis var. cretica Tamus communis var. subtriloba Tamus communis var. triloba
WorldFloraDB 2024