- Family : DIOSCOREACEAE
(Yam Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BANA ALU FAMILY (बन आलु)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Dioscoreaceae
- Synonym(s) : Dioscorea persimilis Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea persimilis var. pubescens C.T.Ting & M.C.Chang; Dioscorea persimilis var. wukangensis Hand.-Mazz.; Dioscorea raishaensis Hayata
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dioscorea hamiltonii Hook.f.
- Vernacular name :
- Parlu, Sutha alu (Oria)
- Moodavenni, Sandikilangu, Thalikkizhangu, Venni (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical 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
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- 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
- 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 hamiltonii. Downloaded on 2 November 2024.
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