Dioscorea quinquelobata Thunb.

Species

Angiosperms > Dioscoreales > Dioscoreaceae > Dioscorea

Characteristics

A yam.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible roots tubers
Therapeutic use Diarrhea (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Virility (unspecified), Stomach (unspecified), Spleen (unspecified)
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 -

Images

Dioscorea quinquelobata unspecified picture

Distribution

Dioscorea quinquelobata world distribution map, present in Japan and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:927513-1
WFO ID wfo-0000394485
COL ID 36D6W
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Dioscorea quinqueloba Dioscorea quinquelobata