- Family : DIOSCOREACEAE
(Yam Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BANA ALU FAMILY (बन आलु)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Dioscoreaceae
- Synonym(s) : Dioscorea opposita Thunb.; Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
- Vernacular name :
- Malayan kizhangu kodi, Verrolaivalli (Tamil)
- Medwan, Paspoli (Marathi)
- Malinai, Pani alu, Pithal kanda, Pitli kanda (Oria)
- Yelloa-gadda, Adair dumpa, Neeru dumpa (Telugu)
- Kachil, Kanji, Kanjirakizhangu, Kavala, Narankizhangu, Noorankizhangu, Vettilavally, Vellakkizhangu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : On foothills to about 1500m, on thickets and inside forests; less in plains of scrub jungles. Tubers are edible
- Flower, Fruit : July-March
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K.Swamy, Rajasri Ray; Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, K. Sanakara Rao
- Collection Date : 12-09-2014, 15-11-2015, 15-11-2015
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-54; HJCB-0157(♂); HJCB-E-299 (♀)
- Collection Locality : Pungalam R.F., Jawadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN); Palamaneru forest, Chittoor district (AP); Palamaneru forest, Chittoor district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Amravati district, Aurangabad district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Cuttack district, Mayurbhanj district, Dhenkanal district, Angul district
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- 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
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- emonocot http://e-monocot.org/tour#classify 08-10-2015
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere district
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara.
- Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
- 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 oppositifolia. Downloaded on 9 December 2024.
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