Dioscorea wightii Hook.f.

 
  • 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 wightii Hook.f.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Semi-Evergreen forests
  • Flower, Fruit : July-November
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Critically Endangered (CR)
  • Literature : Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • 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 wightii. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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