Dioscorea spiculiflora Hemsl.

Yam (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Dioscoreales > Dioscoreaceae > Dioscorea

Characteristics

A yam. The leaves are a rounded heart shape.
Life form
Growth form herb
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 -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows on limestone soils in dry tropical forests at low altitudes.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Caution:
Uses medicinal
Edible roots tubers
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 -

Images

Flower

Dioscorea spiculiflora flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Dioscorea spiculiflora world distribution map, present in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:318613-1
WFO ID wfo-0000395488
COL ID 6CX6V
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Dioscorea spiculiflora Dioscorea friedrichsthalii Dioscorea spiculiflora var. spiculiflora