• 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 wallichii Hook.f.
• Vernacular name : Kadu-Kanda (Marathi); Phalokando, Tunga-alu, Pita-alu (Oria); Cheranga (Telugu); Kattukizhangu, Purakilangu, Narukizhangu, Vali, Vara-kilangu (Malayalam)
• Habit : Climber
• Habitat : Evergreen and moist deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : October-February
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Ratnagiri district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
  • Odisha : Bargarh district, Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Puri district, Angul district
• Native : Indian subcontinent
• World Distribution : India, China, Eastern Himalayas, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malesia
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Pullaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 3.
• 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 wallichii. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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