Dioscoreaceae
Fiveleaf yam
Dioscorea pentaphylla
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Genus
- Dioscorea
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 五叶薯, 五叶薯蓣, 独龙, 掌叶薯, 掌葉薯, 五葉薯蕷
- English
- Fiveleaf yam
- Japanese
- ゴヨウドコロ
- Malay
- Ubi ciabet, Ubi jabet, Ubi sabut
- Marathi
- पंचपत्री
Synonyms
- Botryosicyos pentaphyllus (L.) Hochst.
- Dioscorea changjiangensis F.W.Xing & Z.X.Li
- Dioscorea codonopsidifolia Kamik.
- Dioscorea digitata Mill.
- Dioscorea globifera R.Knuth
- Dioscorea jacquemontii Hook.f.
- Dioscorea kleiniana Kunth
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. cardonii Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. communis Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. hortorum Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. jacquemontii (Hook.f.) Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. javanica Burkill
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. kussok Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. linnaei Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. malaica Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. mollis Hassk.
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. palmata Burkill
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. papuana Burkill
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. rheedei Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. sacerdotalis Burkill
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. simplicifolia Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. suli Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea pentaphylla var. unifoliata R.Knuth
- Dioscorea spinosa Burm.
- Dioscorea sumbawensis R.Knuth
- Dioscorea triphylla L.
- Hamatris triphylla (L.) Salisb.
- Ubium quadrifarium J.F.Gmel.
- Ubium scandens J.St.-Hil.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jayeshp912, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jayesh Patil from Mumbai, India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.