Dioscorea spicata Roth

 
  • Family : DIOSCOREACEAE
    (Yam Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BANA ALU FAMILY (बन आलु)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Dioscoreaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dioscorea spicata Roth
  • Vernacular name :
    • Athikizhangu, Arathikizhzngu, Kavalakizhzngu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Shola, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Flower, Fruit : August-December
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Tumakuru district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Idukki district, Kollam district
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dioscorea spicata. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

Creative Commons License
India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.