Dioscorea hispida
Asiatic Bitter Yam, Intoxicating Yam
Also known as: Dioscorea daemona Roxb. +17 more
- Dioscorea daemona Roxb.
- Dioscorea daemona subsp. reticulata Hook.f.
- Dioscorea daemona var. reticulata Hook.f.
- Dioscorea hispida subsp. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea hispida subsp. reticulata (Hook.f.) Sanjappa
- Dioscorea hispida var. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea hispida var. mollissima (Blume) Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea hispida var. neoscaphoides Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea hispida var. scaphoides Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea lunata B.Heyne ex Roth
- Dioscorea mollissima Blume
- Dioscorea triphylla subsp. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea triphylla subsp. mollissima (Blume) Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea triphylla subsp. reticulata (Hook.f.) Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea triphylla var. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea triphylla var. mollissima (Blume) Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea virosa Wall. ex Klotzsch & Garcke
- Helmia daemona (Roxb.) Kunth
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Dioscoreaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a climbing tuberous geophyte.
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Originating in Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, and Australasia, Dioscorea hispida (commonly known as Asiatic bitter yam or Intoxicating Yam) is a climbing plant belonging to the Dioscoreaceae family. Within its native range, this species is most commonly linked to wet tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Climber / Vine
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, AUSTRALASIA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Australia, China, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, Papuasia
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya