Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
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Filed As
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea pentaphylla L. -
Identifiers
NY Barcode: 4370117
Occurrence ID: 542416f5-1a16-4f97-9958-eb6bfdf8495f
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Dioscoreales
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Family
Dioscoreaceae
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All Determinations
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Location Notes
[Pacifica]
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Distribution
Dioscorea pentaphylla Linnaeus, Spec. Plant., 1032, 1753. Strong, twining, pubescent, somewhat prickly herbaceous vine with more or less angular stems. Leaves alternate, palmately 3-5 or sometimes 7-foliate, leaflets elliptic- lanceolate, attenuately acuminate, entire, up to IS or more cm. long, pubescent, petiolules up to 1 cm. long, petioles up to 10 or more cm. long. Root tubers large. Frequent in thickets (9771, 10069, 10090). Tubers edible. Native name, pilita. A variety with purple flesh is known as pilita kula and one with white lesh as. Hlita tea. BEPAUW UNIV. HC3RBAPWUML 2G054 HERBARIUM c. yuncker TRUMAN G. YUNCKER HERBARIUM OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (CPU) PURCHASED BY NY IN 1987 YOfi, botanical. GARDE'S Flora of Niue Island Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop Museum No. 9771 NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN *nI57ni 17 Presented to DPU Herbarium by T. G. Yuncker Ddoscorea pentaphylla L. Tubas in leaf axils. Climbing in thicket 6 mi. e. of Alofl. 65 m. alt, Jan. 20, 1940. ’pil ita* Coll. T. G. Yuncker Dot. « 04370117
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Dioscorea pentaphylla L.