Dioscorea bulbifera L.

  • Filed As

    Dioscoreaceae
    Dioscorea bulbifera L.

  • Collector(s)

    S. T. Wakuk 21 with Jason Jack, Junior Saimon, 28 May 2007

  • Location

    Federated States of Micronesia. Kosrae. Malem (Mun.). yeseng.

  • Habitat

    grows near big trees and on shrubs as well.

  • Description

    a vine that produces a round, brown, white-dotted fruit; the leaves are heart-shaped like yam leaves. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02136764

    Occurrence ID: 2b11d769-db03-4fe7-bf16-e645e3ee7f0a

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Dioscoreales

  • Family

    Dioscoreaceae

  • All Determinations

    Dioscorea bulbifera L. det W. Law, 2010

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Federated States of Micronesia

  • State/Province

    Kosrae

  • County/Municipio

    Malem (Mun.)

  • Locality

    yeseng

  • Coordinates

    5.275, 163.018

  • Distribution

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The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea bulbifera L.
det. W. Law, 2010
Federated States of Micronesia. Kosrae State. Malem
Municipality, yeseng.
5°16'30"N, 163°1'4"E
0.18 m.
grows near big trees and on shrubs as well,
a vine that produces a round, brown, white-dotted fruit;
the leaves are heart-shaped like yam leaves.
N.V. ellal [Kosraean]
28/05/2007
S. T. Wakuk, Jason Jack, Junior Saimon 21
Marisla Foundation and V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation
NYdb
02136764