Dioscorea sylvatica Eckl.

  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Dioscoreales

  • Family

    Dioscoreaceae

  • All Determinations

    Dioscorea sylvatica Eckl.

The New York Botanical Garden and
National Museum, Bloemfontein
NYBG / MRL Floristic & Phytochemical Survey
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea sylvatica (Kunth) Eckl.
determined by: P.C. Zietsman: 1999
Climber scrambler; perennial, tuber; large, dark brown, corky, expose above ground or
buried, leaves; heart -shaped, common, native.
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Pilgrim's Rest. Blyde River Canyon Nat. Res., on the
Yellowwood trail that start at Belvedere house: 24°39,451"S, 30°50,116"E
Forest, ravine/kloof/gorge, soil; rocky, well-drained, gravel, quartzite, partial shade,
slope; >30°steep, W.
Phytochemical Sample Codes:
3784a PL(Z-109)
P.C. Zietsman 3784 with T. Peyper, C.	21-Apr-99
Ampagoomiam
04736800