Dioscorea belophylla (Prain) Voigt ex Haines

 
  • Family : DIOSCOREACEAE
    (Yam Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BANA ALU FAMILY (बन आलु)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Dioscoreaceae
  • Basionym : Dioscorea nummularia var. belophylla Prain
  • Synonym(s) : Dioscorea sagittata Royle
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dioscorea belophylla (Prain) Voigt ex Haines
  • Vernacular name :
    • Narathega (Telugu)
    • Bhat kando, Parlu, Korondi alu, Kunda alu, Tarakanda, Malara (Oria)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Flower, Fruit : September-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Amravati district, Kolhapur district, Nashik district, Pune district,
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Angul district, Puri district, Sambalpur district, Cuttack district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • 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, T., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, India.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 187-188
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dioscorea belophylla. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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