Dioscorea esculenta
As recorded: Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae
- Collected by
- Wong, C.C.Y.
- Collector number
- 495
- Date
- February 21, 1948
- Locality
- Yap
- Island
- Yap
- Region
- Micronesia
- Elevation
- 12 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On February 21, 1948, Wong, C.C.Y. also collected 6 other specimens.
Dioscorea esculenta observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1948. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 18 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-10-19.
2025-10-19
台灣高雄市鼓山區高雄
(c) 蔣孟, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
2025-07-25
623台灣嘉義縣溪口鄉
(c) 方伊琳(阿鈣), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-09-28
臺灣島, 內門區, KHH, TW
(c) ssnp023, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-06-29
Kaohsiung, TW
(c) Liu JimFood, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-06-14
臺灣島, 內埔鄉, PIF, TW
(c) bingboat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-12-28
959台灣台東縣東河鄉都蘭村
(c) 陳豊鍾, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Dioscorea esculenta. BISH 112031. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956687328. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/112031.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956687328 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026