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Dioscorea abyssinica

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Dioscorea abyssinica Hochst. ex Kunth [family DIOSCOREACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Botryosicyos pentaphyllus
  • dioscorea abyssinica
  • Dioscorea abyssinica
Common name
  • edч̀ŋ (LB) (NIGERIA, BEROM), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • dika (A.Chev.) (DAHOMEY, BATONNUN), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • dóóya (LB) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • diabongua (A. Chev.) (DAHOMEY, GURMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Dioscorea togoesis Knuth [family DIOSCOREACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Dioscorea togoesis Knuth [family DIOSCOREACEAE], in Engl., Pflanzenr. Dioscoreac. 4, 43: 299 (1924); Chevalier in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 8; 547 (1936).
Dioscorea abyssinica Hochst. ex Kunth [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1850), partly
Dioscorea caillei A. Chev. ex De Wild. ( [family DIOSCOREACEAE], 1914)
Dioscorea praehensilis Benth. [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1849), partly.
Information
Annual climber 2-6 ft. high, with rather weak development; bulbils small, grey-brown, reduced to a single bud, rarely two, 4-16 mm. falling off very easily and consequently seldom seen in herbarium specimens; tubers slender,deeply rooted in savanna or in rocky places in forest.
Habitat
deeply rooted in savanna or in rocky places in forest
Distribution
Sen.: M'Borouk Miège!Gam.: Dawe 69!Guin.: Macenta (Oct.) Baldwin 9818! Kouria Caille in Hb. Chev. 14973! Conakry Maclaud 130! Danané to N'Zerékoré Miège 706!S. L.: Rokupr (Sept.) Jordan 123! Yetaya (July) Thomas 2395! 2408! Njala (Oct., Nov.) Deighton 1340! 1345! 1780! Bumbuna (Oct.) Thomas 3167! Musaia (Oct.) Thomas 2645!Iv. C.: Issia rock, Kouroukouroun'ga, Niellé, Niangbo 8 Dabakala Miège 449! 587! 592! 600! 652! 972!Ghana: Djadje Akpabla 54! Achimota (Nov.) Irvine 2564!Togo Rep.: Lomé Warnecke 250!Dah.: Atacora Mts. Chev. 24148!N. Nig.: Nupe Barter!

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