This superficially appears close to images of *Dioscorea villosa* as per POWO <http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323908-2>, FOI <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wild%20Yam.html>, IBP <https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229553>, EFI <https://efloraofindia.com/2016/08/24/dioscorea-villosa/>. But POWO <http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:318778-1> (however, shows many specimens of its syn. *Dioscorea sativa* L.) and CoL <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019/details/species/id/92596a330bc1fc1476e7a3936e80954b/synonym/aad127597ca3d70aa0273d711505f8e2> does not give its distribution in India. FoPI <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=3468&cat=7> also lists *Dioscorea sativa* L.
I feel there is some taxonomic confusion. It may be *Dioscorea bulbifera* L. <https://efloraofindia.com/species/a---l/d/dioscoreaceae/dioscorea/dioscorea-bulbifera> (syn: Dioscorea sativa var. elongata F.M.Bailey; Dioscorea sativa var. rotunda F.M.Bailey as per POWO <http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323908-2> and *Dioscorea sativa* L., nom. cons. as per CoL <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019/details/species/id/92596a330bc1fc1476e7a3936e80954b/synonym/aad127597ca3d70aa0273d711505f8e2>) only. On Thu, 30 Sept 2021 at 11:29, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > *Dioscorea bulbifera* L. > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 10:00 AM Alka Khare <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello friends >> >> This was seen growing by the roadside near Devgad, coastal Kokan, MH in >> Aug 2021. >> This appears to be Dioscorea bulbifera. >> >> Requesting to please validate. >> >> Thanks and regards >> Alka Khare >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/711c8795-6807-427e-9e1c-a28f8d565489n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/711c8795-6807-427e-9e1c-a28f8d565489n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFBquWc8DZBm2EiWcN39%3D_mvi9gME4avuqYK0xjSh%2BtJTw%40mail.gmail.com.
