Dioscorea coriacea Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

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EX HERB. HORT. BOT. REG. KEW
FLORA OF ECUADOR
G. P. Lewis
3220	u
Dioscorea	UL(m*Ao .*f	Dioscoreaceae
4 4 ** M- f.Ul.'Ujt*
Province: Loja
Road Loja-Zamora, km 9.
2600 m c.79° 10'W ; 3° 58'S	2 May 1997
Vegetation: bosque humedo remnants and secondary scrub.
Climber; leaves coriaceous, discolorous, dark green glossy above, paler
and dull below; flowers olive-green tinged yellow; developing ovaries
olive-green. Bosque. Scarce.
Fieldwork funded by Carlsberg Foundation & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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