Taxon:
Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1033. 1753
Verified:
05/12/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
aerial yam – air-potato – bitter yam – cheeky yam – potato yam – French
igname bulbifère – pousse en l'air – German
Brotwurzel – Yamswurzel – Hawaiian
hoi – India
hoei-oepas – Portuguese (Brazil)
inhame – Spanish
ñame de gunda – papa voladora – Swedish
potatisjams –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Liberia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | e. & s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | n. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania, Uganda
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland, Western Australia (n.), Northern Territory]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(widely natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Human food | vegetable | bulbils and tubers are edible, but can be poisonous | Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. |
Human food | vegetable | fide Kew Bull 56:380. 2001 | Wilkin, P. 2001. Dioscoreaceae of south-central Africa. Kew Bull. 56:379. |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Medicines | folklore | fide Kew Bull 56:380. 2001 | Wilkin, P. 2001. Dioscoreaceae of south-central Africa. Kew Bull. 56:379. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Arnold, H. L. 1968. Poisonous plants of Hawaii. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | fide Kew Bull 56:380. 2001 | Wilkin, P. 2001. Dioscoreaceae of south-central Africa. Kew Bull. 56:379. |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft) |