Dioscoreaceae

A family of herbs and shrubs from warm temperate regions consisting of 6 genera and some 750 species. [FNSW]. The family includes a few species of economic importance.  Represented in the Hortus by two plants.

Plants in this Family

  1. Dioscorea alata L.
  2. Dioscorea elephantipes (L’Hérit.) Engl.