| Author: |
Joseph Decaisne, 1854 |
| Family: |
DIOSCOREACEAE |
| Origin: |
China,
Korea, Taiwan |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
60
Centimetres |
| Height: |
6
Meters |
| Flower:
|
Green - White - Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Air-Bulbs |
| Names:
|
Cinnamon
Vine/Yam, Air-Potato,
Shan-Yam, Chinese Yam |
| Synonyms: |
Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. 1837.
Dioscorea
oppositifolia.
Dioscorea divaricata. |
This member of the Dioscoreaceae
family was described by Joseph Decaisne in 1854. Found originates from China, but
have been spread around
the world as a crop. The long caudex will grow well in a well-drained
soil, given some water and lots of sun. It can get up to 60 cm in
diameter, the vines can reach six meters. The flowers are
white-yellow-greenish.
The leaves are close to D. mexicana, but the caudex are much longer and
it get these "air-bulbs".
Dioscorea is named after
Pedianos Dioscorides, a Greek physician if the 1st century A.D. The
species name for the 'air-potatoes'.
It can stand
temperatures down to -18 C.
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