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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MC062 : Dioscorea pentaphylla var. jacquemontii

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Liliales
Family : Dioscoreaceae - Yam family
Genus : Dioscorea L. - yam
Species : Dioscorea pentaphylla var. jacquemontii
Plant Location in Melghat :  
Plant Category : Climbers  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : DIOSCOREACEAE  
 
Plant Common Name :
 
Synonym : Dioscorea triphylla
Description : climbing plant, with compound leaves. Tubers are irregular, usually long ovoid, transverse section white when fresh, becoming brown, roots fibrous. Leaves are alternately arranged on the twining stems. The leaves are palmately divided into 3-5 leaflets, hence the common name. Male flower spikes occur in panicles up to 50 cm, often with long, lateral branches. Male flowers are nearly stalkless, bracts are kidney-shaped, forming an involucre around the flower. Female spikes are simple or branched, brown hairy. Female flowers have bracts, flowers, and ovary hairy. Capsule are black at maturity, long ellipsoid, 2-2.5 cm, thinly leathery, sparsely hairy, wings 0.5--0.6 cm wide. In India, this yam is common in jungles. Locals dig the tubers to eat. Male flowers are sold in the bazaars and eaten as greens. Flowering: August-October.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity :
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : beta-carotene
ascorbic acid
linolenic acid
Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :