Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Dioscoreaceae

Genus:

Dioscorea

Species:

Dioscorea preussii subsp. preussii

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Vine

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Mozambique, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is.