CHR 606597 A – Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 606597 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
20 August 2009
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes (prov.)
Identification date:
2003-07-19 (Verbatim: 19 Jul 2003)
Preferred name:
Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
[Unknown]
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Tanna, Near Whitegrass Resort
Verbatim locality:
Tanna, Near Whitegrass Resort
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 89/03
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
19 Jul 2003
Start date:
2003-07-19
Country:
Vanuatu
Habitat:
Mixed vegetable garden in forest. Cultivated.
Notes:
Low vine with stems fairly thick at base; very prickly in lower part; upper slender parts and branches spineless. Leaves deep shining green above. Racemes of young fruits pale yellow. Tubers large, yellow inside. A common edible yam.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Duplicates
BISH:
K:
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
