Dioscorea hirtiflora Benth.
subsp. pedicellata Milne-Redh.

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Along road from Entrance Gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.

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Synonyms:	Dioscorea hirtiflora Benth. var. nyassica Burkill
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Description:	Climber, 3-5 m high with unarmed, right-twining annual stems, growing from fleshy cylindric tubers up to 5 cm in diameter. Vegetative parts and inflorescences with stellate hairs most dense on the inflorescences and young vegetative parts. Leaves usually opposite, heart-shaped, not lobed, hairy on the veins, cataphylls and nodal flanges absent. Inflorescences axillary of 1-several pendent spikes. Male flowers subsessile or pedicellate. Capsule 1-2 cm long and up to 3.7 cm wide.
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Derivation of specific name:	pedicellata pedicellate, referring to longer pedicels of the male flowers in this subspecies.
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Flowering time:	Jan - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	Southern DRC, Uganda, western Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Caprivi-Namibia.
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Literature:	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 hirtiflora subsp. hirtiflora Milne-Redhead, E. (1975). Dioscoreaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 16 - 17. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 113. as Dioscorea hirtiflora Wilkin, P. (2009). Dioscoreaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2) Pages 125 - 127. (Includes a picture).

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Flora of Caprivi: Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata
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Flora of Mozambique: Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata
Flora of Zambia: Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata
Flora of Zimbabwe: Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata

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