- Family:
- Dioscoreaceae R.Br.
- Genus:
- Dioscorea Plum. ex L.
Dioscorea hispida Dennst.

Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
- Dioscorea daemona Roxb.
- Dioscorea daemona var. reticulata Hook.f.
- Dioscorea hirsuta Blume
- Dioscorea hispida var. neoscaphoides Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea hispida var. reticulata (Hook.f.) Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea hispida var. scaphoides Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea lunata B.Heyne ex Roth
- Dioscorea mollissima Blume
- Dioscorea virosa Wall. ex Klotzsch & Garcke
- Helmia daemona (Roxb.) Kunth
- Helmia hirsuta (Blume) Kunth
Dioscorea hispida Dennst. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Henry, A. [8725], China | K001141735 | Yes | |||
Harsukh [22829], India | K001142613 | Yes | |||
Lakshnakara, M.C. [387], Thailand | K001143896 | Yes | |||
Kerr, A.F.G. [21503], Thailand | K001143899 | Yes | |||
Marcan, A. [2488], Thailand | K001143904 | Yes | |||
Garrett, H.B.G. [794], Thailand | K001143916 | Yes | |||
Kerr, A.F.G. [19869], Thailand | K001143925 | Yes | |||
Larsen, K. [2286], Thailand | K001143926 | Yes | |||
s.coll [855], Thailand | K001143930 | Yes | |||
Wilkin, P. [876], Thailand | K001143931 | Yes | |||
Wilkin, P. [987], Thailand | K001143945 | Yes | |||
Darnadedi, D. [701], Indonesia | K001144348 | Yes | |||
Tadong, L. [298], Malaysia | K001144364 | Yes | |||
Tadong, D. [282], Malaysia | K001144366 | Yes | |||
Bakia, K. [470], Malaysia | K001144367 | Yes | |||
Girmansyah, D. [831], Indonesia | K001144375 | Yes | |||
Kerr, A.F.G. [681], Thailand | K001143912 | Yes | |||
Tsang, W.T. [413], China | K001141728 | Yes | |||
Mendum, M. [115], Indonesia | K001144379 | Yes | |||
Wilkin, P. [1008], Thailand | K001143938 | Yes | |||
Tsang, W.T. [15655], China | K001141737 | Yes | |||
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.], India | K001142590 | No | |||
Sumbing, J. [130090], Malaysia | K001144363 | Yes | |||
s.coll [20927], India | K001142606 | Yes | |||
Zainundin, A. [4256], Malaysia | K001143155 | Yes | |||
Bakia, A. [66], Malaysia | K001144365 | Yes | |||
Cuadra, A. [A2484], Malaysia | K001144359 | Yes | |||
Zainundin, A. [4256], Malaysia | K001143156 | Yes | |||
Liang, H.Y. [62079], China | K001141726 | Yes | |||
Kerr, A.F.G. [19326], Thailand | K001143929 | Yes | |||
Put, N. [2835], Thailand | K001143895 | Yes | |||
Wilkin, P. [869], Thailand | K001143943 | Yes | |||
Marcan, A. [135], Thailand | K001143903 | Yes | |||
s.coll [7016], Cambodia | K001143892 | Yes | |||
Henderson, M.R. [s.n.], Singapore | K001143167 | Yes | |||
Collins, D.J. [255], Thailand | K001143902 | Yes | |||
Thomson, T. [s.n.] | K001142589 | Yes | |||
Hoed, G. den [586], Thailand | K001143898 | Yes | |||
Christensen, H. [1792], Malaysia | K001144377 | Yes | |||
Tsang, W.T. [156], China | K001141736 | Yes | |||
Garrett, H.B.G. [794], Thailand | K001143915 | Yes | |||
Larsen, K. [32360], Thailand | K001143941 | Yes | |||
Kerr, A.F.G. [21458], Thailand | K001143897 | Yes | |||
Singh, V. [3083], India | K001142612 | Yes | |||
Henry, A. [1875], Taiwan | K001141727 | Yes | |||
Ying, T. [2319], China | K001141730 | Yes | |||
Henderson, M.R. [s.n.], Singapore | K001143166 | Yes | |||
Pooma, R. [3984], Thailand | K001143939 | Yes | |||
Heyne, B. [s.n.] | K001142618 | Yes | |||
Ying, T. [2319], China | K001141729 | Yes | |||
Henry, A. [13117], China | K001141725 | Yes | |||
s.coll [905/7014 [?]], Vietnam | K001143921 | Yes | |||
s.coll [905], Vietnam | K001143906 | Yes | |||
Bakia, K. [470], Malaysia | K001144368 | Yes | |||
Aban, G. [90244], Malaysia | K001144372 | Yes | |||
s.coll [18232] | K001142604 | Yes | |||
Haniff, M. [4204], Thailand | K001143910 | Yes | |||
Sumbing, J. [139169], Malaysia | K001144361 | Yes | |||
s.coll [40], Cambodia | K001143900 | Yes | |||
Mooney, H.F. [3444], India | K001142611 | Yes | |||
s.coll [s.n.], United Kingdom | K001150812 | Yes | |||
s.coll [255A], Thailand | K001143913 | Yes | |||
Fidilis [110973], Malaysia | K001144360 | Yes | |||
Put, N. [195] | K001143924 | Yes | |||
s.coll [905], Vietnam | K001143907 | Yes | |||
Girmansyah, D. [831], Indonesia | K001144376 | Yes | |||
Smitinand, T. [1364], Thailand | K001143933 | Yes | |||
Put, N. [1822], Thailand | K001143922 | Yes | |||
Talbot, W.A. [s.n.], India | K001142614 | Yes | |||
Lei, C.I. [727], China | K001141723 | Yes | |||
Henderson, M.R. [s.n.], Singapore | K001143165 | Yes | |||
Garrett, H.B.G. [794], Thailand | K001143917 | Yes | |||
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.], India | K001142588 | Yes | |||
Wilkin, P. [869], Thailand | K001143942 | Yes | |||
Put, N. [2835], Thailand | K001143905 | Yes | |||
Haniff, M. [3596], Thailand | K001143936 | Yes | |||
s.coll [21-16], United Kingdom | K001150811 | Yes | |||
Larsen, K. [32360], Thailand | K001143940 | Yes | |||
Ramaswami, M.S. [1637], India | K001142610 | Yes | |||
Kerr, A.F.G. [12549], Thailand | K001143909 | Yes | |||
s.coll [422], China | K001141731 | Yes | |||
Henry, A. [13117], China | K001141724 | Yes | |||
Wang, C. [33348], China | K001141734 | Yes | |||
Kochummen, K.M. [29085], Malaysia | K001143157 | Yes | |||
Put, N. [2438], Thailand | K001143920 | Yes | |||
Henry, A. [8288], China | K001141733 | Yes | |||
Haniff, M. [3596], Thailand | K001143935 | Yes | |||
Put, N. [1782], Thailand | K001143894 | Yes | |||
Wilkin, P. [987], Thailand | K001143946 | Yes | |||
Garrett, H.B.G. [1455], Thailand | K001143934 | Yes | |||
Bourdillon, T.F. [652], India | K001142605 | Yes | |||
Kerr, A.F.G. [19869], Thailand | K001143919 | Yes | |||
s.coll [905], Vietnam | K001143893 | Yes | |||
Lakshnakara, M.C. [653], Thailand | K001143927 | Yes | |||
s.coll [s.n.] | K001142615 | Yes | |||
s.coll [255], Thailand | K001143901 | Yes | |||
Harsukh [22822], India | K001142619 | Yes | |||
Kerr, A.F.G. [5650], Thailand | K001143923 | Yes | |||
Wilkin, P. [869], Thailand | K001143944 | Yes | |||
Narayanaswami, V. [534], India | K001142607 | Yes | |||
Jones, B.L. [311], Malaysia | K001144328 | Yes | |||
Sigun, A.A. [126914], Malaysia | K001144374 | Yes | |||
Sumbing, J. [139169], Malaysia | K001144362 | Yes | |||
Wilkin, P. [986], Thailand | K001143937 | Yes | |||
Bell, T.R.D. [4200] | K001142616 | Yes | |||
s.coll [s.n.] | K001142620 | Yes | |||
Nur bin Mohamed Ghose, M. [4204], Thailand | K001143911 | Yes | |||
Sangkhachand, B. [1109], Thailand | K001143928 | Yes | |||
Wilkin, P. [876], Thailand | K001143932 | Yes | |||
Garrett, H.B.G. [794], Thailand | K001143914 | Yes | |||
Garrett, H.B.G. [794], Thailand | K001143918 | Yes | |||
Aban, G. [90244], Malaysia | K001144373 | Yes | |||
Mendum, M. [115], Indonesia | K001144378 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5099] | Dioscorea virosa | K001104756 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5099] | Dioscorea virosa | K001104759 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5099], Bangladesh | Dioscorea virosa | K001104757 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5099], Nepal | Dioscorea virosa | K001104754 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5099], Nepal | Dioscorea virosa | K001104758 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5099], Nepal | Dioscorea virosa | K001104753 | Yes | ||
McClure, F.A. [CCC 9798], China | Dioscorea daemona | K001141738 | Yes | ||
Tsang, W.T. [842], China | Dioscorea daemona | K001141739 | Yes |
First published in Schlüssel Hortus Malab.: 33 (1818)
Accepted by
- Bhattacharya, R.P., Pal, D.C. & Pati, B.R. (2014). A sytematic census of monocot climbers of Bihar anf Jharkhand states Indian Journal of Forestry 37: 317-324.
- Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
- Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
- Samanta, A.K. (2006). The genus Dioscorea L. in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas - a census Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 555-563.
- Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2005). The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004 Makinoa 5: 1-102.
- Wilkin, P. & Thapyai, C. (2009). Flora of Thailand 10(1): 1-140. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
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