DIOSCOREA GLAUCA
Author:
Henry Hurd Rusby, 1907
Family:
DIOSCOREACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 459 (1907)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
30 Centimetres
Height:
6 Metres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Dioscorea villosa subsp. glauca, R. Knuth, 1924.
Dioscorea coripatensis, J.F. Macbr.1934.
Dioscorea quaternata var. glauca Fernald, 1937.
This member of the Dioscoreaceae family was given this name by Henry Hurd Rusby in 1907. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru growing in a rich but well drained soil with some to lots of water and some sun. The caudex can grow to 30 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to six metres in height. The flowers are greenish white. Dioscorea is named after Pedianos Dioscorides, a Greek physician if the 1st century A.D. The species name means 'grey-blue, sea-blue, or lavender'.
Flower
Greenish White
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium - Maximum
Sun
Medium
