Family | Dioscoreaceae |
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Habit | Vine |
Habitat | Terrestrial |
Special Notes | Stem twinnings; Crawling vine follows the tree or wood it attaches to |
Ethnobotanical Uses | MEDICINAL: used to treat fever, gonorrhea, leprosy, and tumors; FOOD: used in a variety of desserts; |
Collected from | Bayabas, Sablan, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). |
Collector(s) | Reinalyn D. Austria |