Dioscoreaceae Dioscorea bulbifera L.

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

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Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Climber
• Flower
• Fruit
• Habit
• Lamina leaf blade
• Vegetative
• Venation
• Leaf parts
• Flower & fruit
• Leaf
• Plant parts
• Climbing device

Places where this species can be found :

• Perseverence (inc. dove sanctu - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Large brown bulbs in the axils of the leaves even on aerial stems. 9-nerved; Apex long acuminate.

Specimen information

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, D.Jules

Specimen Number
997

Location
Grenada Dove sanctuary. ANdira, Coccoloba, Felimingia, Acacia spp., Haematoxylon, Clidemia hirta, Pisonia fragrans, Inga laurina, Bursera simaruba, Casearia (large lf), Maytenus tetragona, Piper, Randia (large lf), Quararibea, Berya cubensis.

Notes
3m sprawling over bushes; with aerial yamlets.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.060000 N   Longitude: 61.440000 W   Altitude: 80