| Author: | Achille
Richard, 1851 |
| Family: |
DIOSCOREACEAE |
| Origin: |
Benin,
Burundi, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana,
Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia,
Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan,
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Caprivi Strip, Central African
Republic, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Zaïre, |
| Soil: |
Rich |
| Water:
|
Medium -
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Minimum -
Medium |
| Thickness: |
3 Centimetres |
| Height: |
6 Metres |
| Flower:
|
Whitish |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Botryosicyos pentaphyllus, Hochst. 1844.
Dioscorea
anchiatasi, Harms.
Dioscorea anchietae, Harms.
Dioscorea angolensis, R.Knut.
Dioscorea apiculata,
De Wild.
Dioscorea beccariana, Martelli. Dioscorea
crinita, Hook.f.
Dioscorea cryptantha, Baker.
Dioscorea dinteri, Schinz.
Dioscorea excisa,
R.Knuth.
Dioscorea forbesii, Baker.
Dioscorea
gossweileri, R.Knuth. Dioscorea holstii, Harms.
Dioscorea pentadactyla, Welw.
Dioscorea
peteri, R.Knuth.
Dioscorea phaseoloides, Pax.
Dioscorea schliebenii, R.Knuth.
Dioscorea
schweinfurthiana, Pax.
Dioscorea stuhlmannii,
Harms.
Dioscorea ulugurensis, R.Knuth.
Dioscorea
verdickii, De Wild. |
This member of the Dioscoreaceae family was given this name by
Achille Richard in 1851. It is found
in tropical Africa and Madagascar. It is growing in a rich soil with
quite some water and little to some sun. The caudex can grow to
three
centimetres in diameter, ten in length, the entire plant to six
metres in
height. The
flowers are green.
Dioscorea is named after
Pedianos Dioscorides, a Greek physician if the 1st century A.D. The
species name
quartiniana after Richard Quartin-Dillon, a French botanist. |
