DIOSCOREA DISCOLOR
Author:
Reinhard Gustav Paul Knuth, 1850
Family:
DIOSCOREACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Fl. Flumin. 10: t. 123 (1831)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
5 Centimetres
Height:
4 Metres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Dioscorea dodecaneura, José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, 2004 =
Dioscorea dodecandra, Steud.
Dioscorea dodecaneura var. maronensis, Uline ex R.Knuth
Dioscorea dodecaneura var. villosa, R.Knuth.
Dioscorea hebantha, Mart. ex Griseb.
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Dioscorea huallagensis, R.Knuth.
Dioscorea illustrata, W.Bull
Dioscorea kita, Queva.
Dioscorea racemosa, Rusby.
This member of the Dioscoreaceae family was given this name by Reinhard Gustav Paul Knuth in 1850. It is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico and Venezuela, growing in a well drained but rich soil with quite some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to four metres in height. The flowers are white. Dioscorea is named after Pedianos Dioscorides, a Greek physician if the 1st century A.D. The species name means 'of two different (and, usually, distinct) colours', and the leaves can be that. Photo of a old leaf by Emiliano Villanueva López.
Flower
White
Soil
Rich Drained
Water
Medium - Maximum
Sun
Medium - Maximum
