| Home Page | Dioscorea is a large genus that includes mostly vines with succulent tubers. It includes the common yam, but also a couple of fairly popular caudiciforms: Dioscorea elephantipes from South Africa and Dioscorea macrostachya from Mexico.
Dioscorea elephantipes Hottentot's Bread Dioscorea macrostachya Yam Dioscorea sylvatica Elephant's Foot Synonym and obsolete names Dioscorea elephantopus synonym of Dioscorea elephantipes (Hottentot's Bread) Dioscorea mexicana synonym of Dioscorea macrostachya (Yam)
Desert Tropicals Home Page List of All the Plants | More in the Dioscoreaceae family Desert-Tropicals is dedicated to provide gardening advice, gardening ideas, and information about flower of all kind for landscape and collections.We try to check carefully the identification of the plants on the illustrations as well as the other information from the page, but occasionally errors do occur. if you notice anything that needs to be changed please contact us.Thanks. © 1998-2020 Philippe Faucon, All Rights Reserved. |
