Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Dioscoreaceae

Genus:

Dioscorea

Species:

Dioscorea quartiniana

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Vine

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Rwanda