Dioscorea hamiltonii
Dioscorea hamiltonii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
Order: | Dioscoreales |
Family: | Dioscoreaceae |
Genus: | Dioscorea |
Species: | D. hamiltonii |
Binomial name | |
Dioscorea hamiltonii Hook.f. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Dioscorea hamiltonii is a species of Dioscorea native to southern China (including Taiwan), northern Indochina (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar) and the Himalayas (Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam).[1][2][3][4]
Dioscorea hamiltonii is used as an ingredient in a type of chè: chè củ mài.
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Samanta, A.K. (2006). The genus Dioscorea L. in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas - a census. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 555-563.
- ↑ 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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