Dioscorea floribunda M.Martens & Galeotti

Yam (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Dioscoreales > Dioscoreaceae > Dioscorea

Characteristics

A yam. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a tuberous rootstock and produces annual stems or vines. These twine to the left.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in moist forest up to 1,500 m above sea level. It is best in places where the annual day temperatures are between 25°-30°C. It is best with an annual rainfall between 900-1,200 mm but grows in areas with higher and lower rainfall. It is best in a sunny position with a fertile, well-drained soil
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Moist or wet thickets or forest, sometimes in oak forest, at elevations up to 1,500 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

The tubers are cooked and eaten.
Uses medicinal
Edible roots tubers
Therapeutic use Antiviral agents (tuber), Contraceptive (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Contraceptive agents (unspecified), Hypotension (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
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°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) 25 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Dioscorea floribunda world distribution map, present in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317970-1
WFO ID wfo-0000390665
COL ID 36CNB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Dioscorea floribunda Dioscorea barclayi