Dioscorea hispida Dennst. (Lasiophyton)

Purwodadi Botanic Garden

Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia.

(Kebun Raya Purwodadi)

 

Young Dioscorea hispida Dennst. (Lasiophyton), a Dioscoreacea. CN: Ubi gadong mabok, Ubi gadung, Intoxicating yam, Asiatic bitter yam. Native to China, Indian Subcontinent (Bhutan, India), Indo-China (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam), Malesia (Indonesia [probably introduced.], Malaysia); elsewhere cultivated. Tuberous prickly climber; wild, also cultivated. Tuber poisonous but consumed after strict processing.

 

Synonym(s):

Dioscorea daemona Roxb.

Dioscorea daemona var. reticulata Hook.f.

Dioscorea hirsuta Blume

Dioscorea hispida var. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill

Dioscorea hispida var. reticulata (Hook.f.) Sanjappa

Dioscorea lunata Roth

Dioscorea mollissima Blume

Dioscorea triphylla var. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill

Dioscorea triphylla var. mollissima (Blume) Prain & Burkill

Dioscorea triphylla var. reticulata (Hook.f.) Prain & Burkill

Helmia daemona (Roxb.) Kunth

Helmia hirsuta (Blume) Kunth

 

Ref. and suggested reading:

FRIM Flora Database

www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-240268

www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?14212

 

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