Dioscorea cochleari-apiculata De Wild.

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Status:	Native
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Type location:	DRC
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Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 13. As Dioscorea cochleariapiculatus Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 90. Milne-Redhead, E. (1975). Dioscoreaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 22 - 23. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 104. Wilkin, P. (2009). Dioscoreaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2) Pages 120 - 122. (Includes a picture).

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Flora of Burundi: Dioscorea cochleari-apiculata
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Dioscorea cochleari-apiculata

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