EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: DIUAL
• Preferred name: Dioscorea alata
• Authority: Linnaeus

Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea. Cultivated as a tuber crop. Introduced in China (including Taiwan), Sénégal to Benin, Tchad and Ethiopia to Angola and Mozambique, Madagascar, USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (northwest, central Brazil), Australia (Northern, Queensland)

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