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Dioscorea communis - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Bom Jesus, Braga, Portugal; 4/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dioscorea communis - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Porto, Portugal; 4/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dioscorea communis - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Porto, Portugal; 4/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dioscorea communis - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Bom Jesus, Braga, Portugal; 4/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dioscorea communis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Porto, Portugal; 4/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1054
Date of entry: 20.04.2009
Last update: 12.08.2023

Common name

English: Black Bryony

German: Gemeine Schmerwurz

Portuguese: Arrebenta-boi

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Dioscoreales (13)

        Family: Dioscoreaceae (13)(family description)

          Genus: Dioscorea (11)

            Epithet: communis (8)

Synonym: Tamus communis L.

communis => common, or growing in society

Characteristics

Climate: temperate, sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: green

External links

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