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Dioscorea hispida Dennst.
Synonym
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Dioscorea hispida var. daemona
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Family
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Dioscoreaceae
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Local name
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English-Asiatic Bitter yam
Malayalam-Podava-kizhangu
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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September-October
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Distribution
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South East Asia
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Distribution
in kerala
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Palakkad, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta,
Malappuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Habitat
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Semi-evergreen forests
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Uses
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Various plant parts used in whitlow, sores, boils, and bites of rabbit, jackal
or dog.
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Key botanical characters:
Stems twining to the left, glabrous. Leaflets subequal, to
17 x 12 cm, obovate, abruptly sharply acuminate at apex, cuneate to the base,
shortly petiolulate, ribs 5, prominent intercostae coarsely reticulate,
thinly hispid; lateral leaflets gibbous at base; petiole 12 cm long. Panicles
to 45 cm long, axillary. Racemes fascicled, shortly peduncled, to 1 cm long.
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