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Dioscorea althaeoides
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Dioscorea althaeoides is a herbaceous vine in the genus Dioscorea which is indigenous to the Guizhou, Sichuan, and eastern Xizang provinces of China, in addition to the Yunnan area in Thailand. A formerly unknown acetylated spirostanol saponin, dioscin-6′-O-acetate, has been discovered in the rhizomes of the plant.
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Dioscorea althaeoides
- Slug
- dioscorea-althaeoides
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Genus
- Dioscorea
- Species
- althaeoides
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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