BISH 647183Botany

Dioscorea esculenta

As recorded: Dioscorea esculenta var. tiliifolia (Kunth) Fosberg & Sachet

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae

Collected by: Fosberg, F.R.
Collector number: 25363a
Date: July 3, 1946
Locality: just S of Talabobo Bay
Island: Guam
Identified by: Fosberg, F.R.
Record type: Preserved specimen

47 Bishop specimens of Dioscorea esculenta · collected 1865–2003Species page ›

Collected the same day

On July 3, 1946, Fosberg, F.R. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Dioscorea esculenta observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1946. 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 647183. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956611572. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/647183.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956611572 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026