BISH 112008Botany
Dioscorea alata
Purple yam
As recorded: Dioscorea alata L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae
- Collected by
- Wong, C.C.Y.
- Collector number
- 298
- Date
- November 19, 1947
- Locality
- Truk
- Island
- Chuuk
- Region
- Micronesia
- Elevation
- 46 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On November 19, 1947, Wong, C.C.Y. also collected 6 other specimens.
Cite this specimen
Dioscorea alata. BISH 112008. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956359848. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/112008.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956359848 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026