- Family : DIOSCOREACEAE
(Yam Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BANA ALU FAMILY (बन आलु)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : DIOSCOREACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dioscorea hamiltonii Hook.f.
- Vernacular name : Parlu, Sutha alu (Oria); Moodavenni, Sandikilangu, Thalikkizhangu, Venni (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional in the forests of Northern Eastern Ghats
- Flower, Fruit : September-February
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vizianagaram district, East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Bargarh district
- World Distribution : Indian subcontinent, Taiwan, SE. China, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Pullaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 3; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dioscorea hamiltonii. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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