re:diascorea inflorescence and leaves

[vivekmail]

this is said to be diascorea species. can someone confirm?
i had planted one bulb 10 years ago, every monsoon, the climber appears,
flowers and dies out.
roots are said to contain steroids and are used for joint pains.

thanks in advance
vivek gharpure
aurangabad

[Madhuri Pejaver]

r u shure?
because the plant has three leaves. while Diascoria has one like beetle leaf
similarly diascoria gets bulbils in its axis which r edible
madhuri

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[Pankaj Oudhia]

Agreed with Madhuri. Here are pictures of Dioscorea sp. leaves.

http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=pdb&PdbID=50753

http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=pdb&PdbID=54179


Pankaj Oudhia

[Neil Soares]

Hi Vivek,
It is Dioscorea hispida locally called Pashti. Sending you a few photographs of the same. The photographs were taken at my farm at Shahapur.
With regards,
Neil Soares.

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> Subject: [Indiantreepix] re:diascorea inflorescence and leaves
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> Date: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 10:23 AM

[Akramul Hoque]

Hello Mr. Vivek--   It is Dioscorea daemona ( D. hispida). Actually this is the south indian species. It's cormy tuber is subterranian ,having ppoisonous corticosteroids----in some places tribals use it on arrow head ---also for fish poisoning etc.   AKRAM ( ULUBERIA  BOTANICAL  INSTITUTE --------  N.G.O.) Ex-SRF---BSI---- " Revision of Indian Dioscoreaceae"--Research topic

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