Dioscorea melanophyma Prain & Burkill

 
  • Family : DIOSCOREACEAE
    (Yam Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BANA ALU FAMILY (बन आलु)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Dioscoreaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Dioscorea tenii R.Knuth
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dioscorea melanophyma Prain & Burkill
  • Common name : Black-Bulb Yam
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Open scrub forests, forest margins; 1300 - 2500 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Climbing herbs; Stems unarmed, glabrous; bulbils globose, blakish. Leaves 3-5 (-7) foliolate; middle leaflet 1-costate; Capsules rounded at base, truncate at apex.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-December
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Tibet
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 238
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 190
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dioscorea melanophyma. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.

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