Dioscorea alata
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| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
For description see World Flora Online |
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Sri Lanka |
| Notes: | Cultivated crop |
| Derivation of specific name: | alata: winged, referring to the stems. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native in India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea and the Philippines. Introduced in Central and South America; parts of Tropical Africa, China and northeastern Australia. |
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| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Cb,C,S,W |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Champluvier, D. (1988). Dioscoreaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume IV Page 90. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 104. |
Other sources of information about Dioscorea alata:
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Flora of Burundi: Dioscorea alataFlora of the DRC: Dioscorea alata
Flora of Rwanda: Dioscorea alata
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Dioscorea alataAfrican Plant Database: Dioscorea alata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Dioscorea alata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Dioscorea alata
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Dioscorea alata
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iNaturalist: Dioscorea alata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dioscorea alata
JSTOR Plant Science: Dioscorea alata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Dioscorea alata
Plants of the World Online: Dioscorea alata
Tropicos: Dioscorea alata
Wikipedia: Dioscorea alata