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Taxon:
Dioscorea hispida
Dennst.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Dioscorea
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Nomen number:
14212
Place of publication:
Schluessel Hortus malab. 33. 1818
Verified:
03/24/2006
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Dioscorea daemona
Roxb.
No images
Reference(s)
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Mukherjee, P. & K. V. Bhat.
2013. Phylogenetic relationship of wild and cultivated yam species (
Dioscorea
spp.) of India inferred from PCR-RFLP analysis of two cpDNA loci. Pl. Syst. Evol. 299:1587-1597.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1951. Flora malesiana. 4:318-320.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
Asiatic bitter yam –
Reference(s)
intoxicating yam –
Reference(s)
German
bittere Yamswurzel –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
inhame –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Fujian Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Xizang Zizhiqu
e.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
w.
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
probably introd.
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Xizang Zizhiqu (e.)]
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
,
India
(w.)
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Indonesia
(probably introd.),
Malaysia
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
starch
used mainly in times of famine
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1951. Flora malesiana. 4:318-320.
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1951. Flora malesiana. 4:318-320.
Name
References