Author: | Tomitarô
Makino, 1891 |
Family: |
DIOSCOREACEAE |
Origin: |
China, Japan,
Korea, Russia |
Soil: |
Rich |
Water:
|
Medium - Maximum |
Sun: |
Minimum - Medium |
Thickness: |
5
Centimetres |
Height: |
5 Meters |
Flower:
|
Greenish |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Rhizomes |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Dioscorea polystachya, Turcz. 1837.
Dioscorea acerifolia, Uline ex Prain & Burkill.
Dioscorea giraldii, R.Knuth
Dioscorea nipponica subsp. rosthornii,
C.T.Ting. |
This member of the Dioscoreaceae
family was given this name by Tomitarô Makino in 1891. It is found
in China, Japan, Korea and Russia, growing in a rich soil with some to lots
of water and little to some sun. The rhizomes can grow up to five
centimetres in diameter and 50 centimetres long, The vines can reach
five or even ten meters. Besides from being eaten, the rhizomes are
used to extract steroids.
Dioscorea is named after
Pedianos Dioscorides, a Greek physician if the 1st century A.D. The
species name after Japan.
I do not know, if they
can have their rhizomes exposed, or how old each rhizome will grow. |