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Published In: Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 4: 452–453. 1908. (Sep 1908) (J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: August-September.
Type: Type: Syntypes several from Himalayas, Assam and Yunnan.
Distribution: Distribution: The Himalayas, Kashmir and W.Pakistan, from 1400-2400 m. Not common.
Photo: Dioscorea melanophyma Prain & Burkill (Photo)
Map Location: B-7 Hazara: Siran Valley, Sathian Gali, c. 6000 ft., M. A. Siddiqi, Y. Nasir and Zaffar Ali 4056 (RAW) ; Kalapani, below Thandiani, R.R. Stewart 27753 (RAW); C-7 Kashmir: Kotli, A. Rashid, s.n., 24. ix. 53 (RAW); C-8 Kashmir: Kalsan, Poonch, A. Rashid Khan s.n., 18. ix. 52 (RAW).

 

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Stems glabrous, slender, twining clockwise. Tubers small, globose. Leaves alternate, 3-5-foliolate, glabrous; petiole 1.5-4.5 cm long, leaflets 3.5-13.5 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad, narrowly lanceolate, finely acuminate; petiolule 0-5 mm long, Bulbils black, coriaceous. Male racemes pubescent, 2.5-5 cm long, axillary, solitary or sometimes 2. Antheriferous stamens 3, alternating with 3 staminodes. Female spikes pubsecent, solitary, axillary, c. 4 cm long. Capsule c. 1.5 cm long, 0.5 cm broad, more or less truncate at the apex, rounded at the base. Seeds winged at the top.
 
 
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