Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill

Accepted

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🗒 Synonyms

synonym	Dioscorea aculeata Roxb., nom. illeg.
synonym	Dioscorea aculeata var. spinosa (Prain) Roxb. ex Prain & Burkill
synonym	Dioscorea esculenta var. fasciculata (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill
synonym	Dioscorea esculenta var. fulvidotomentosa R.Knuth
synonym	Dioscorea esculenta var. spinosa (Prain) R.Knuth
synonym	Dioscorea esculenta var. tiliifolia (Kunth) Fosberg & Sachet
synonym	Dioscorea fasciculata Roxb.
synonym	Dioscorea fasciculata var. spinosa Prain
synonym	Dioscorea papillaris Blanco
synonym	Dioscorea papuana Warb.
synonym	Dioscorea spinosa Roxb. ex Hook.f., nom. illeg.
synonym	Dioscorea tiliifolia Kunth
synonym	Dioscorea tugui Blanco
synonym	Oncorhiza esculentus (Lour.) Pers.
synonym	Oncus esculentus Lour.

🗒 Common Names

Assamese	Moa Alu Mowa-aloo
English	Indiatic yam/Lesser yam/ Karen potato
Malayalam	Cherukizhangu Cheruvallikizhangu Nanakizhangu

📚 Overview

Overview

Summary

Herb

Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.

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Brief

Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Climber

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

Attributions	Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors	D. Narasimhan
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Diagnostic

Diagnostic Keys

Description

SubSpecies Varieties Races

Diagnostic Keys

Description

No Data

📚 Nomenclature and Classification

Nomenclature and Classification

Taxon Record Name

References

Type Information

No Data

📚 Natural History

A climbing shrub. Leaves pubescent, reniform or orbicular cordate, with sharp stipular thorns.Tubers are small sweet, numerous, spiny roots absent. The tubers of the plants are starchy and free from dioscorine. Sweet in flavour, mealiness, closely related to potato.

Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.

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Miscellaneous Details

No Data

📚 Habitat and Distribution

Habitat and Distribution

General Habitat

Cultivated

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Scrub jungles

Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.

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Distribution

Description

Global Distribution

Pantropical

Indian distribution

State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

Attributions	Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors	D. Narasimhan
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References

Global Distribution

India: Assam; Indonesia, Philippines

Indian Distribution

Assam

Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.

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Endemic Distribution

No Data

📚 Occurrence

Occurrence

No Data

📚 Demography and Conservation

Demography and Conservation

Protection Legal Status

No Data

📚 Uses and Management

Uses and Management

Uses

Tubers are used as vegetable.

Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.

Attributions	Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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Status	UNDER_CREATION
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Folklore

Management

No Data

📚 Information Listing

Information Listing

Species Resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN)

Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

References

Dioscorea spinosa Roxb. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6:291.1892.
Oncus esculentus Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 194. 1790.
Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 1: 396. 1917; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1510(1055). 1928; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 413. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 626. 1994; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 693. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 874. 2009.

Information Listing > References

Dioscorea spinosa Roxb. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6:291.1892.
Oncus esculentus Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 194. 1790.
Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 1: 396. 1917; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1510(1055). 1928; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 413. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 626. 1994; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 693. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 874. 2009.