Dioscorea belophylla (Prain) Voigt ex Haines

 
  • Family : DIOSCOREACEAE
    (YAM FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Dioscoreaceae
  • Species : Dioscorea belophylla
  • Basionym : Dioscorea nummularia var. belophylla Prain
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dioscorea belophylla (Prain) Voigt ex Haines
  • Vernacular name : Nara tega (Tel.); Bhat kalu, Parlu, Tara kanda, Malara, Korondi alu, Kunda alu (Ori.)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Flower, Fruit : September-March
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Often in forests on rocky terrain.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Ganjam district, Angul district, Puri district, Cuttack district, Sambalpur district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : India, Himalaya, Bangladesh
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Pullaiah, T., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, India.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Dioscorea belophylla. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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