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Photo by Judith Maggi
Fritschi.
Photo by Judith Maggi
Fritschi, pot 35 centimetres, caudex 25 centimetres in diameter.
Photo by
Evelyn Durst.
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This member of the
Dioscoreaceae family was given this name by Knuth in 1850.
It is found in Botswana, Mozambique and South Africa, growing in a
rich but drained soil with some to lots of water and some sun. The
rhizomes will form clusters of five centimetres individual,
eventually forming a huge caudex of 25 centimetres or more. The
vines can reach three or even ten meters. The flowers are white.
Dioscorea is named after
Pedianos Dioscorides, a Greek physician if the 1st century A.D. The
species name means 'having leaves like Cotinus'. |
