Dioscorea quartiniana Hochst. ex A. Rich.

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Synonyms:	Dioscorea apiculata De Wild. Dioscorea beccariana Martelli Dioscorea crinita Hook. f. Dioscorea dinteri Schinz Dioscorea excisa R. Knuth Dioscorea forbesii Baker Dioscorea schliebenii R. Knuth Dioscorea stuhlmannii Harms
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Status:	Native
Description:	Slender perennial climber. Stems wiry, softly hairy. Leaves digitately compound with 5 leaflets, tapering into a thread-like tip. Lfe blades usually folded upwards along the midrib. Flowers in pendulous spikes, ivory-white.
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Derivation of specific name:	quartiniana: named after Richard Quartin-Dillon, botanist
Habitat:	In thickets and woodland.
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Flowering time:	Dec - Feb
Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in Subsaharan Africa.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
Growth form(s):	Climber.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 305. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 21. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 13. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 125. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 90. as Dioscorea quartiniana var. quartiniana Milne-Redhead, E. (1975). Dioscoreaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 23 - 25. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 108 - 109. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 79. White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 97. (Includes a picture). Wilkin, P. (2009). Dioscoreaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2) Pages 131 - 133. (Includes a picture).

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