Dioscorea pentaphylla
Fiveleaf Yam
As recorded: Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae
- Collected by
- Kirch, P.V.
- Collector number
- 15
- Date
- June 10, 1974
- Locality
- Asoa-Vele uplands, Alo Distr.; in swidden garden at Vaisafua
- Island
- Futuna Island
- Region
- Alo District, Wallis & Futuna
- Elevation
- 88 m
- Identified by
- St.John, H.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On June 10, 1974, Kirch, P.V. also collected 10 other specimens.
Dioscorea pentaphylla observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1974. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 94 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-01.
2026-10-01
Pune, Maharashtra, IN
(c) Sandeep Suryavanshi, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-09-20
Waialae - Kahala, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2026-09-18
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, IN
(c) Swastik Guha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-14
732台灣臺南市白河區關嶺里99-5號
(c) Ah Jin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-23
(c) Esther Chiu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-13
Lantau Island
no rights reserved
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Cite this specimen
Dioscorea pentaphylla. BISH 418246. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956483574. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/418246.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956483574 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026