Dioscorea oppositifolia L.

 
  • Family : DIOSCOREACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Dioscoreaceae
  • Species : Dioscorea oppositifolia
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
  • Collection Nos : HFP 236, HFP 446
  • Habit : Climber
  • Comments : Found growing on trees and shrubs at an elevation upto 1200 m. Tubers edible.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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  • VENKATRAMAN . A 2021-08-14 04:34:32

    sir tamil name sent me sir but my plant same but i see not tubers sent me photos my e-mail sir thank you sir
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