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Dioscorea floribunda
Dioscorea floribunda is a climbing tuberous yam from Central America, grown mainly for the steroid diosgenin it contains rather than as a food crop. It needs warm, humid conditions and a long frost-free season.
Dioscorea floribunda, the medicinal yam or mule's-hoof, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is found from central Mexico to northern Central America. It is grown commercially for its diosgenin content.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dioscorea floribunda by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
