• Family : DIOSCOREACEAE
  (YAM FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Dioscoreaceae
• Species : Dioscorea hispida
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dioscorea hispida Dennst.
• Vernacular name : Baichandi, Karu kandu (Hin.); Tella gini gedda, Puli-dumpa (Tel.); Bainya alu (Ori.)
• Habit : Climber
• Flower, Fruit : June-December
• Comments : Occasional in forests of Eastern Ghats. Tubers are nauseous even after boiling.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Krishna district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Araku Valley (Visakhapatnam district), Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Angul district, Sambalpur district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : Tropics of Asia
• 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; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; 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 hispida. Downloaded on 30 June 2024.

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