[Specimen details]

Dioscorea trifida
Family Name Dioscoreaceae
Currently Accepted Name Dioscorea trifida L. f.
Locality Ecuador. Los Ríos Prov. Rio Palenque Science Center; km 56 on the Quevedo-Santo Domingo Road; Avana Isle. 1° 26' 17" S 79° 45' 22" W
Description Vine; stems stiff, four-winged; leaves deep green above, green with red flush below; sterile.
Habitat Growing over other plants in second growth (center of Isle); sunny.
Reproductive State
Elevation 150 to 220 m
Specimen Notes
Collector J. B. Watson 281
Collection Date 03 Feb 1980
Accession Number 150331
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