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Dioscorea belophylla
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Family:
DIOSCOREACEAE
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Citation: Dioscorea belophylla Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 653. 1845; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1512(1056). 1928; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 870. 2009.
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Description:
Tubers small, sub-fusiform. Stems glabrous, twining anticlockwise. Leaves usually opposite, simple, 7.5-13 cm long, 2-9 cm broad, variable, ovate, cordate or hastate with round basal lobes or deltoid, entire, acuminate, glabrous 9-nerved; petiole 6.5 cm long. Male spikes 2.5-4 cm long, 1-2 together in the axils or sometimes forming leafless panicles; stamens 6, all antheriferous. Female spikes 5.5-12 cm long, solitary or 2 together, axillary. Capsule 2 cm long, 3 cm broad, obovate with a retuse apex or obcordate.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-March
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District(s):
Wayanad, Kannur, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Green, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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