Dioscorea pentaphylla

95. Dioscorea, Linn.—The Yam.

Botanical name:

Dioscorea alata

Dioscorea bulbifera

Dioscorea esculenta

Dioscorea hispida

Dioscorea pentaphylla

Classic texts: Pereira 1854.

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Dioscorea.

Botanical name:

Dioscorea alata

Dioscorea bulbifera

Dioscorea cayenensis

Dioscorea deltoidea

Dioscorea divaricata

Dioscorea esculenta

Dioscorea hastifolia

Dioscorea hispida

Dioscorea japonica

Dioscorea nummularia

Dioscorea oppositifolia

Dioscorea pentaphylla

Dioscorea piperifolia

Dioscorea polystachya

Dioscorea quinqueloba

Dioscorea spicata

Dioscorea tomentosa

Dioscorea trifida

Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.

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Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Bot. syn.: Botryosicyos pentaphyllus (L.) Hochst., Dioscorea spinosa Burm., Dioscorea triphylla L.

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