DIOSCOREA PENTAPHYLLA
Author:
Carl von Linnaeus, 1753
Family:
DIOSCOREACEAE
Origin:
Assam, Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, East Himalaya, India, Indonesia, Java, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Elevation:
Publisher:
Sp. Pl.: 1032 (1753)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
25 Centimetres
Height:
10 Metres
Propagate:
Seeds/Bulbils
CITES:
Synonyms:
Dioscorea spinosa Burm 1769.
Dioscorea codonopsidifolia Kamik, 1935.
Dioscorea changjiangensis F.W.Xing & Z.X. Li, 1995.
Dioscorea digitata. Mill.
Dioscorea globifera, R.Knuth.
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Dioscorea jacquemonti, i Hook.f.
Dioscorea kleiniana, Kunth.
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. papuana, Burkill.
Dioscorea sumbawensi, R.Knuth.
Dioscorea triphylla, L.
Hamatris triphylla, Salisb.
Ubium quadrifarium, J.F.Gmel.
Ubium scandens, J.St.-Hil.
This member of the Dioscoreaceae family was given this name by Carl von Linnaeus in 1753. It is found in Australia, and a good part of Asia (and brought to Cuba and Hawaii), growing in a rich soil with quite some water and little sun. The caudex can grow to 25 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to ten metres in height. The flowers are greenish white. Due to its large range, many subspecies have been described. Dioscorea is named after Pedianos Dioscorides, a Greek physician if the 1st century A.D. The species name means 'having five leaves'. Photo by Wojciech Maksymilian Szymanski. Female flowers by Himesh Dilruwan Jayasinghe, Powo.science.kew.org.
Flower
Greenish White
Soil
Rich
Water
Maximum
Sun
Minimum - Medium
