Dioscorea bulbifera L.

 
  • Family : DIOSCOREACEAE
    (YAM FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Dioscoreaceae
  • Species : Dioscorea bulbifera
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dioscorea bulbifera L.
  • Common name : Potato yam, Air potato
  • Vernacular name : Banalu, Kukur alu, Goicha alu (Hin.); Hegga genasu (Kan.); Pannukizhangu (Tam.); Chedu paddu dumpa, Pendalamu, Malakakaya pendalamu (Tel.); Pita kanda, Pita alu (Ori.); Vaarahee (San.)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Flower, Fruit : August-December
  • Comments : Often on hills, climbing on thickets along roadsides and on bushes of scrub and deciduous forests.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
  • World Distribution : Old World tropics
  • Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • 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 bulbifera. Downloaded on 30 June 2024.

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