Author: | Nathaniel Wallich, 1842 |
Family: |
DIOSCOREACEAE |
Origin: |
Assam,
Bangladesh, China South-Central, Himalaya, India, Myanmar,
Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam |
Soil: |
Rich |
Water:
|
Medium -
Maximum |
Sun: |
Minimum -
Medium |
Thickness: |
20 Centimetres |
Height: |
3 Metres |
Flower:
|
Cream - Whitish |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Tamus
nepalensis, Jacquem. ex Prain & Burkill. |
This member of the
Dioscoreaceae family was given this name by Nathaniel Wallich in
1842. It is found
in forests of Assam,
Bangladesh, south-central China, Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal,
Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam and perhaps Afghanistan and
Pakistan? It is growing in a rich soil with
some water and little to some sun. The caudex can grow to 20
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to three meters in
height. The
flowers are cream-white. This is yet another dioecious Dioscoreaceae: Either male or female plant.
Dioscorea is named after
Pedianos Dioscorides, a Greek physician if the 1st century A.D. The
species name means 'triangular' for the petals. Like Greek letter Δ -
delta. |