| Author: | Carl
Sigismund Knuth, 1850 |
| Family: |
DIOSCOREACEAE |
| Origin: |
Eswatini, Botswana,
Mozambique, South Africa |
| Soil: |
Rich Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium - Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
5-25
Centimetres |
| Height: |
3-10 Metres |
| Flower:
|
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Rhizomes |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Dioscorea malifolia, Baker, 1889 |
This member of the
Dioscoreaceae family was given this name by Knuth in 1850.
It is found in Eswatini,
Botswana, Mozambique and South Africa, growing in a
rich but drained soil with some to lots of water and some sun. The
rhizomes will form clusters of five centimetres individual,
eventually forming a huge caudex of 25 centimetres or more. The
vines can reach three or even ten meters. The flowers are white.
Dioscorea is named after
Pedianos Dioscorides, a Greek physician if the 1st century A.D. The
species name means 'having leaves like Cotinus'. |
