Dioscorea discolor fuzzy petiole making classification difficult

making classification difficult

it may shed its leaves and go dormant

The plant was once used as the most common plant in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula for tapping latex before the Pará rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) was introduced from Brazil in the late 19th century

Xanthosoma species are known to be highly variable and each leaf on each specimen does not always look the same

Dioscorea discolor fuzzy petiole making classification difficultSnabbvxande yam frn Sydamerika med metalliskt rosa nerver och djuprda bladundersidor Dioscorea discolor (eller med det egentligen korrekta namnet Dioscorea dodecaneura) r en snabbvxande lian frn Sydamerika med vackert mnstrade blad. Bladen har en mrkgrn, sammetslik grundfrg med ljusare bladnerver som blir metalliskt rosa i starkt ljus, enskilda ljusgrna flckar, ett vitt mnster i mitten av bladet och djuprda undersidor. Sammantaget en mycket frgstark