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SCFBio, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi
Medicinal Plant TaxID: 167592

Dioscorea pentaphylla

Family: Dioscoreaceae • Common: Fiji yam; Five Leaf Yam; Kawan yam; Mountain Yam; Prickly Yam; Wild Yam
3236 Compounds Australia; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Borneo; Cambodia; Caroline Islands; China; Hainan; India; Jawa; Laos; Lesser Sunda Islands; Malaya; Maldives; Maluku; Myanmar; Nansei-shoto; Nepal; New Guinea; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Thailand; Ti

Overview

Species Dioscorea pentaphylla
Habit Climber
Habitat Degraded deciduous forests and waste places; also in sacred groves
Distribution (India)
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Natural Products

Food Compounds

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