Dioscoreaceae
Bush yam
Dioscorea praehensilis
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Genus
- Dioscorea
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Dioscorea praehensilisDioscoreaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Bambara
- Nwanankala
- English
- Bush yam
Synonyms
- Dioscorea angustiflora Rendle
- Dioscorea cayenensis var. praehensilis (Benth.) A.Chev.
- Dioscorea cayennensis var. praehensilis (Benth.) A.Chev.
- Dioscorea costermansiana De Wild. & T.Durand
- Dioscorea liebrechtsiana De Wild. & T.Durand
- Dioscorea odoratissima Pax
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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.