Dioscorea_hamiltonii

<i>Dioscorea hamiltonii</i>

Dioscorea hamiltonii

Species of herbaceous vine

Dioscorea hamiltonii is a species of Dioscorea native to southern China, Taiwan, northern Indochina (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar) and the Himalayas (Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam).[1][2][3][4]

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Dioscorea hamiltonii is used as an ingredient in a type of chè: chè củ mài.

References

  1. [1]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. [2]
    Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 295, 褐苞薯蓣 he bao shu yu, Dioscorea persimilis Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal. 4: 454. 1908.
  3. [3]
    Samanta, A.K. (2006). The genus Dioscorea L. in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas - a census. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 555-563.
  4. [4]
    Wilkin, P. & Thapyai, C. (2009). Flora of Thailand 10(1): 1-140. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.


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