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Dioscorea pentaphylla

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Identification
Dioscorea pentaphylla L. [family DIOSCOREACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Botryosicyos pentaphyllus
  • Dioscorea hispida
  • Dioscorea triphylla
  • Helmia dumetorum
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  • Dioscorea quartiniana
  • Dioscorea pierrei
  • Dioscorea melanophyma
  • Dioscorea jacquemontii
  • Dioscorea pentaphylla
  • Dioscorea beccariana

Flora

Entry for Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich. [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 quartiniana A. Rich. [family DIOSCOREACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 316 (1851); Engl., Hochgebirgsil. Trop. Afr. 172 (1892); Knuth l.c. 161; Burkill l.c. 362; Aké Assi, Contrib.2: 25 (1962).
Dioscorea ancheitae Harms ex De Wild. [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1914)
Dioscorea apiculata De Wild. [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1902)
Dioscorea beccariana Martelli [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1886)
Dioscorea cryptantha Bak. [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1887)
Dioscorea dinteri Schinz [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1900)
Dioscorea excisa Knuth [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1924)
Dioscorea holstii Harms [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1895)
Dioscorea pentaphylla [family DIOSCOREACEAE], of ARich(1851), not of Linn
Dioscorea phaseoloides Pax [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1892)
Dioscorea schliebenii Knuth [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1932)
Dioscorea schweinfurthiana Pax [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1892)
Dioscorea stuhlmannii Harms [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1895)
Dioscorea verdickii De Wild. [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1902)
Botryosicyos pentaphylla Hochst. [family ], (1844).
Information
A non-spiny climber 15-20 ft. high, without bulbils; annual tubers usually thin and joined together in groups of 3-6.
Range
Extends to Ethiopia, Malawi and Angola; also in Madagascar.
Distribution
Gam.: Lecard 175!S. L.: Musaia (July) Deighton 4812!Iv. C.: Madinani Aké Assi 4593!Ghana: Boro, nr. Wa Adams! Pepease Akpabla 176!N. Nig.: Yola Prov. Dalz. 227!
Notes
[Numerous varieties have been distinguished by their pubescence and by the shape of the leaflets.]

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