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Dioscorea pentaphylla L.

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Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymBotryosicyos pentaphyllus (L.) Hochst.
synonymDioscorea changjiangensis F.W.Xing & Z.X.Li
synonymDioscorea codonopsidifolia Kamik.
synonymDioscorea digitata Mill.
synonymDioscorea globifera R.Knuth
synonymDioscorea jacquemontii Hook.f.
synonymDioscorea kleiniana Kunth
synonymDioscorea pentaphylla var. cardonii Prain & Burkill
synonymDioscorea pentaphylla var. communis Prain & Burkill
synonymDioscorea pentaphylla var. hortorum Prain & Burkill
synonymDioscorea pentaphylla var. jacquemontii (Hook.f.) Prain & Burkill
synonymDioscorea pentaphylla var. javanica Burkill
synonymDioscorea pentaphylla var. kussok Prain & Burkill
synonymDioscorea pentaphylla var. linnaei Prain & Burkill
synonymDioscorea pentaphylla var. malaica Prain & Burkill
synonymDioscorea pentaphylla var. palmata Burkill
synonymDioscorea pentaphylla var. papuana Burkill
synonymDioscorea pentaphylla var. rheedei Prain & Burkill
synonymDioscorea pentaphylla var. sacerdotalis Burkill
synonymDioscorea pentaphylla var. simplicifolia Prain & Burkill
synonymDioscorea pentaphylla var. suli Prain & Burkill
synonymDioscorea pentaphylla var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill
synonymDioscorea pentaphylla var. unifoliata R.Knuth
synonymDioscorea spinosa Burm.
synonymDioscorea triphylla L.
synonymHamatris triphylla (L.) Salisb.
synonymUbium quadrifarium J.F.Gmel.
synonymUbium scandens J.St.-Hil.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Pachpotia Alu
  • Pan-patia-aloo
Bengali
  • কাঁটা আলু Kanta Alu
English
  • Fiji yam
  • Five leaf yam
  • Kawan yam
Hindi
  • कांटा आलू Kanta Alu
Kannada
  • ಕಾಡು ಗುಮ್ಬಳ Kaadu Gumbala
Konkani
  • तीळ करंडी Til Karandi
Malayalam
  • Chaval
  • Henthikkorana
  • Kattukizhangu
  • Kattunurunnakizhangu
  • Kornapidan
  • Marakkizhangu
  • Mulluvalykizhangu
  • Noorakizhangu
  • Nooran
  • Nuranchaavl
  • Nurunnakizhangu
  • Vellachikizhangu
Manipuri
  • হা Ha
Marathi
  • शॆंडवेल Shendvel
Oriya
  • Kontaalu
Other
  • Fiji Yam
  • Five Leaf Yam
  • Five-leaved Yam
  • Mountain Yam
  • Mouse Root
  • Prickly Yam
  • Wild Yam
  • मिठे तरुल Mithe Tarul
Sanskrit
  • कण्टकालुकः Kantakaluka
Tamil
  • காட்டுவள்ளி Kaattuvalli
  • நூறை Nuurai
Telugu
  • అడవి గెనుసు తీగ Adavi Genasu Tiga
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Herb
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Climber
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Tuberous climbers; stem terete, twining to left, usually armed with prickles. Leaves 3-5-foliolate, with bulbils in the axils; leaflets 3.5-8 x 2.5-5 cm, elliptic-ovate, base acute or attenuate, apex acute, glabrous or pubescent below; upper leaves much smaller; petiole to 8 cm long. Male flowers on slender spikes on axillary or terminal panicles, tomentose. Perianth lobes 6, greyish; outer c. 1.5 mm long, ovate, tomentose, inner c. 1 mm long, lanceolate, glabrous. Stamens 3, staminodes 3. Female spike solitary, tomentose. Perianth lobes 6, biseriate, c. 1 mm long, ovate. Ovary c. 3 mm long, oblong, ribbed; stigma capitate. Capsule c. 2 cm long, oblong, 3-winged, glabrescent.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: September-December
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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          Morphology
          A climber with underground tuber. Leaf with five oblong lanceolate leatlets, sparsely pubescent, glabrous beneath, pinnately veined. The tubers of this plant are hairy, black out side, inner fleshy and white.
          Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
          Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            General Habitat
            Moist places
            Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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              Degraded deciduous forests and waste places, also in sacred groves
              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                Description
                Global Distribution

                India: North East India

                Indian Distribution

                Lakhimpur

                Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                  Global Distribution

                  Indo-Malesia and China

                  Indian distribution

                  State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                    No Data
                    📚 Occurrence
                    No Data
                    📚 Uses and Management
                    Uses

                    System of Medicines Used In

                    Ayurveda
                    Ayurveda
                    Folk medicine
                    Folk medicine
                    Siddha
                    Siddha
                    System Of Medicines Used In

                    Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha

                    FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=826
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                      Tubers are used as vegetable occassionally.
                      Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
                      Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
                      Contributors 
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                        📚 Information Listing
                        References
                        1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=826
                        1. Dioscorea pentaphylla L. var. rheedei Prain & Burkill, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 23. 1914; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1511(1056). 1928; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 509. 1990.
                        2. Botryosicyos pentaphyllus (L.) Hochst., Flora 27: 3. 1844.
                        3. Dioscorea pentaphylla L. var. linnaei Prain & Burkill, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 23. 1914; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1511(1056). 1928; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 475. 1988.
                        4. Dioscorea pentaphylla L. var. communis Prain & Burkill., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 23. 1914; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1512(1056). 1928; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 474. 1988.
                        5. Dioscorea pentaphylla L., Sp. Pl. 1032. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 281. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1511(1056). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 291. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 412. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 317. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 475. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 398. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 808. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 508. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 479. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 388. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 13,20. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 469. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 342. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 725. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 455. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 312. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 504. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 693. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 872. 2009.
                        Information Listing > References
                        1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=826
                        2. Dioscorea pentaphylla L. var. rheedei Prain & Burkill, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 23. 1914; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1511(1056). 1928; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 509. 1990.
                        3. Botryosicyos pentaphyllus (L.) Hochst., Flora 27: 3. 1844.
                        4. Dioscorea pentaphylla L. var. linnaei Prain & Burkill, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 23. 1914; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1511(1056). 1928; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 475. 1988.
                        5. Dioscorea pentaphylla L. var. communis Prain & Burkill., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 23. 1914; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1512(1056). 1928; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 474. 1988.
                        6. Dioscorea pentaphylla L., Sp. Pl. 1032. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 281. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1511(1056). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 291. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 412. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 317. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 475. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 398. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 808. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 508. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 479. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 388. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 13,20. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 469. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 342. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 725. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 455. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 312. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 504. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 693. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 872. 2009.

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                        📚 Meta data
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                        🐾 Taxonomy
                        RootRoot
                        KingdomPlantae
                        PhylumTracheophyta
                        ClassLiliopsida
                        OrderDioscoreales
                        FamilyDioscoreaceae
                        GenusDioscorea
                        SpeciesDioscorea pentaphylla L.
                        📊 Temporal Distribution
                        📷 Related Observations
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