Dioscoreaceae FAMILY

Dioscorea kamoonensis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

Edible species of Dioscorea have opposite leaves whilst poisonous species have alternate leaves[ 174 Title Atlas of Medicinal Plants. Publication Author Kariyone. T. Publisher Nihon Rinshosha; Osaka Year 1973 ISBN Description A good Japanese herbal. ].

Botanical Description

Dioscorea kamoonensis is a perennial climbing plant growing from a tuberous rootstock. The tubers are ovoid or pear-shaped. It produces a number of twining stems up to 250cm long, the stems twining to the left[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, southern and eastern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam

HabitatSecondary scrub forests, forest margins and valleys; at elevations from 500 - 2,900 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].