EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: BYODI
• Preferred name: Bryonia dioica
• Authority: Jacquin

Native to Western Europe and Mediterranean, to Libya and Greece, Caucasus, Central Asia, naturalized in various eastern European countries. Used as a traditional medicinal plant. It should be noted that B. dioica is regarded by some authors as a subspecies of B. cretica (q.v.) or even conspecific with it. This causes confusion in relation to common names.