Dioscorea pilosiuscula Bert.

Bulbous yam (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Dioscoreales > Dioscoreaceae > Dioscorea

Characteristics

A dioecious plant.
Life form
Growth form
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 36
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Dioscorea pilosiuscula world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:318417-1
WFO ID wfo-0000393691
COL ID 6CWVH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629568
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Synonyms

Dioscorea cuspidata Dioscorea pilosiuscula Helmia schomburgkiana Dioscorea costaricensis Dioscorea duchassaingii Dioscorea lanosa Dioscorea lindmanii Dioscorea schomburgkiana Dioscorea lasseriana Dioscorea sapindioides Dioscorea pilosiuscula var. panamensis Helmia pilosiuscula