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Dioscoreaceae family
Indian Yam Dioscorea trifida f. form
Indian Yam is an introduced perennial vine, found in Puerto Rico.
More about this plant
Dioscorea trifida is a species of flowering plant in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is a species of yam. It is native to the Caribbean and Central and South America. Its many common names include Indian yam, cush-cush, yampi and yampee. It is called mapuey in Venezuela, inhame in Brazil, tabena and ñame in Colombia, sacha papa in Peru, and ñampi in Costa Rica. Wikipedia →
Growing & care
USDA PLANTS · TRY Size & form
Sources · Size & form
USDA PLANTS — Lifespan
- Lifespan
- Perennial
In the garden
Vine / climber layer — Sits in the vine of a layered food forest or polyculture.Open guide →
derived roles
Species characteristics from USDA PLANTS (public domain) + TRY (CC BY) — general guidance, not a
guarantee for your exact site. Deer "browsing" is documented palatability, not a deer-proof claim.
Wildlife & pollinators
How pollinator value is scored →❧ Caterpillar hosts Documented caterpillar host
Recorded feeding on Dioscorea in North America, including:
Named species (a documented Nearctic sample, not exhaustive) from NHM HOSTS (CC0).
Species thumbnails re-hosted from iNaturalist — Creative Commons, credited per image (hover for credit). Click any species to see it on iNaturalist. Not exhaustive; many taxa have no openly-licensed photo yet.
Related plants
More Dioscorea →
Native
Bulbous Yam
Dioscorea pilosiuscula
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Native
Florida Yam
Dioscorea floridana
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Native
Fourleaf Yam
Dioscorea quaternata
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Native
Guinea Yam
Dioscorea rotundata
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Native
Mata Gallina
Dioscorea polygonoides
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Native
Wild Yam
Dioscorea villosa
●●●○○ Same genus / family, ranked by ecological value — from the PlantKey catalog
Sources for this entry (8) Open & cited
[01] Scientific name & family — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503)
[02] Growth habit & duration — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503)
[03] Native status & distribution — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503)
[04] Common name — USDA PLANTS (via GBIF)
[05] Invasive / introduced status — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503) — native status
[06] Description — Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
[07] Ecological value — GloBI
[08] Caterpillar species — NHM HOSTS (CC0)
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