EPPO Global Database

Dioscorea mexicana(DIUME)

Overview
Code created in: 2017-02-01

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: DIUME
  • Preferred name: Dioscorea mexicana
  • Authority: Scheidweiler

Notes

Mexico, Central America, South America (Colombia)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Dioscorea deamii Matuda
Dioscorea deppei Schlechtendal
Dioscorea macrophylla Martens & Galeotti
Dioscorea macrostachya Bentham
Dioscorea tuerckheimii Knuth
Testudinaria cocolmeca Procopianu-Procopovici
Testudinaria macrostachya (Bentham) Rowley

Common names
Name Language
Mexican yam English
barbasco de placa Spanish
cabeza de negro Spanish