Dioscorea pentaphylla var. jacquemontii
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. jacquemontii
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. jacquemontii
MC062 : Dioscorea pentaphylla var. jacquemontii
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Dioscorea triphylla; |
| Plant Common Name | : | |
| Plant Family | : | DIOSCOREACEAE |
| 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: beta-carotene; ascorbic acid; linolenic acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Ascorbic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| 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 |
| 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 : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Liliidae |
| Order | : Liliales |
| Family | : Dioscoreaceae - Yam family |
| Genus | : Dioscorea L. - yam |
| Species | : Dioscorea pentaphylla var. jacquemontii |