Dioscorea esculenta
(Lour.) BurkillNOT EVALUATEDPublished in Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 1: 396 (1917)
The native range of this species is Tropical Asia. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has social uses, as a medicine and for food.
