Dioscorea spicata Roth

Species

Angiosperms > Dioscoreales > Dioscoreaceae > Dioscorea

Characteristics

A yam. It has a twining vine. The stem can be 7 m long and is very slender. The tubers are 60-100 cm long by 6 cm wide. The leaves are opposite and 10 cm long by 5 cm wide. They vary in shape and are oval or sword shaped. The male flowers are in clusters with spikes 25 cm long in the axils of leaves. The female flower spikes occur singly and are drooping and 15-30 cm long.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Sexuality dioecy
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in semi-evergreen forests.
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Usage

The tubers are boiled or steamed and eaten.
Uses medicinal
Edible roots tubers
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 21 - 36
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Images

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Distribution

Dioscorea spicata world distribution map, present in Bangladesh and Indonesia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:318611-1
WFO ID wfo-0000395462
COL ID 6D8V6
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Dioscorea spicata Dioscorea nummularia var. glauca Dioscorea spicata var. anamallayana Dioscorea spicata var. parvifolia