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Dioscorea togoensis

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Name

Identification
Dioscorea togoensis Knuth [family DIOSCOREACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Dioscorea togoensis
Common name
  • kuuиambi (def. kuuиamboo) = cassava (Dawe; DF) иambi mesongo = small-leaved yam (Dawe) wulakonoиambi (def. w. иamboo) wild yam (Dawe) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • didi (NWT) fσli (NWT) mbole (NWT) ngawu (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • digegbe, digεgbwe (NWT) kainya (NWT) yigσile (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MANDING-MANINKA (Koranko)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kẻyoro (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LIMBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • a-tak, an-buŋk (NWT) a-tak-a-runi (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • n-degange (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Dioscorea abyssinica Hochst. ex Kunth [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 abyssinica Hochst. ex Kunth [family DIOSCOREACEAE], Enum. Pl. 5: 387 (1850); F.T.A. 7: 418; Knuth l.c. 294; Burkill l.c. 382.
Dioscorea lecardii De Wild. [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1903), partly.
Dioscorea mildbraedii Knuth [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1924), partly.
Dioscorea sagittifolia Pax [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1892).
Dioscorea togoensis Knuth [family DIOSCOREACEAE], (1924), partly.
Information
Non-spiny climber 6-12 ft. high, with deep seated tubers.
Distribution
Mali: Bamako Waterlot 1513!Lib.: Sanokwele Dist., Flumpo & Ganta Baldwin 9351! 12494!Iv. C.: Baoulé region, Sénoufo Miège!Ghana: Achimota Irvine 1421! 1440! N. Prov. Patterson!N. Nig.: Jos Plateau Lely 310! Batten-Poole 287! 290! Katsina Datz. 225! 671!
Notes
[Probably one of the wild parents of D. cayenensis.]

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