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Medicinal Plant TaxID: 55571

Dioscorea alata

Family: Dioscoreaceae • Common: Asiatic yam; Greater yam; Water yam; White yam; Yam
87 Compounds Bangladesh; Bhutan; Bismarck Archipelago; Borneo; Cambodia; Christmas Island; India; Jawa; Lesser Sunda Islands; Malaya; Myanmar; Nepal; New Guinea; Philippines; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Thailand; Vietnam

Overview

Species Dioscorea alata
Habit Climber
Habitat Dry deciduous forests; Tropical dry deciduous forests
Distribution (India)
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