- Family : DIOSCOREACEAE
(Yam Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BANA ALU FAMILY (बन आलु)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Dioscoreaceae
- Synonym(s) : Dioscorea daemona Roxb.; Dioscorea daemona var. reticulata Hook.f.; Dioscorea hirsuta Blume; Dioscorea hispida var. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea hispida var. mollissima (Blume) Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea hispida var. neoscaphoides Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea hispida var. reticulata (Hook.f.) Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea hispida var. scaphoides Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea lunata B.Heyne ex Roth; Dioscorea mollissima Blume; Dioscorea triphylla var. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea triphylla var. mollissima (Blume) Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea triphylla var. reticulata (Hook.f.) Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea virosa Wall. ex Klotzsch & Garcke; Helmia daemona (Roxb.) Kunth; Helmia hirsuta (Blume) Kunth
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dioscorea hispida Dennst.
- Common name : Asiatic Bitter Yam, Intoxicating Yam
- Vernacular name :
- Vaskand (Marathi)
- Bainya alu (Oria)
- Tella gini gadda, Puli-dumpa (Telugu)
- Karu kandu, Baichandi (Hindi)
- Bolkande, Podava-kixhangu, Podukkilangu, Venni (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Tubers cause nausea even after boiling
- Flower, Fruit : June-January
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, West Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Akola district, Amravati district, Aurangabad district, Mumbai Suburban district, Mumbai-City district, Buldhana district, Chandrapur district, Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district, Yavatmal district, Lonavala
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Angul district, Sambalpur district
- Chattisgarh : Raipur district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- 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.
- Verma, D.M., et al 1985. Flora of Raipur, Durg and Rajnandagaon. Fl. of Ind. Ser. 3.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 189
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dioscorea hispida. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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