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BISH 727307Botany
Dioscorea esculenta
As recorded: Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae
- Collected by
- Henty, E.E.
- Collector number
- NGF 41948
- Date
- April 10, 1969
- Locality
- Lae, Corrective Institution
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
- Coordinates
- -6.7500, 146.0000
- Elevation
- 30 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On April 10, 1969, Henty, E.E. also collected 2 other specimens.
Cite this specimen
Dioscorea esculenta. BISH 727307. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956536649. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/727307.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956536649 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026