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Accession Data:
Dioscorea bulbifera
L.
Common Name:
Air Potato
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
R. Br.
Country of Origin:
tropical east Africa to Asia
USDA Zone:
9a-11
Accession Data:
Accession #
198700196
Source:
Fragrant Path (seed)
Accession Date:
12-31-1987
Bench:
3201 - DORMANT:North
Currently:
active - healthy
Qty:
2 confirmed on 10-03-2024
Classification:
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
SubClass:
monocots
Order:
Dioscoreales
SubOrder:
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
SubFamily:
Tribe:
SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
References (internal):
Medicinal Plants
Edible Plants
Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
Medicinal Plants - Traditional African Medicine
Domesticated Plants of Austronesia
EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to:
Benin
/
Burkina
/
Ghana
/
Guinea-Bissau
/
Guinea
/
Ivory Coast
/
Liberia
/
Mali
/
Nigeria
/
Senegal
/
Sierra Leone
/
Togo
/
Burundi
/
Central African Republic
/
Cameroon
/
Congo
/
Gabon
/
Gulf of Guinea Is.
/
Rwanda
/
Zaire
/
Chad
/
Eritrea
/
Ethiopia
/
Sudan
/
Kenya
/
Tanzania
/
Uganda
/
Angola
/
Malawi
/
Mozambique
/
Zambia
/
Zimbabwe
/
Caprivi Strip
/
Madagascar
/
China South-Central
/
Hainan
/
China North-Central
/
China Southeast
/
Tibet
/
Japan
/
Korea
/
Nansei-shoto
/
Taiwan
/
Assam
/
Bangladesh
/
East Himalaya
/
India
/
Laccadive Is.
/
Nepal
/
Pakistan
/
Sri Lanka
/
West Himalaya
/
Andaman Is.
/
Cambodia
/
Laos
/
Myanmar
/
Thailand
/
Vietnam
/
Borneo
/
Jawa
/
Lesser Sunda Is.
/
Malaya
/
Philippines
/
Sulawesi
/
Sumatera
/
Christmas I.
/
New Guinea
/
Northern Territory
/
Queensland
/
Western Australia
/
Caroline Is.
/
References (external):
The Plant List (2013)
. Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, March 10, 2016.
WCSP (2016)
. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, March 10, 2016.
data regenerated on Thu, 03 Oct 2024 13:39:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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Current Accessions in the Dioscoreaceae
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Dioscorea sylvatica
W/C
=
Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days