Summary description from Wikipedia:

Dioscorea villosa in languages:

Chinese

長柔毛薯蕷

English

wild yam

French

dioscorée velue

French

igname velue

Polish

pochrzyn włochaty

Russian

Диоскорея мохнатая

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Parent Taxon

• Dioscorea

Sibling Taxa

• Dioscorea abysmophila
• Dioscorea abyssinica
• Dioscorea acanthogene
• Dioscorea acerifolia
• Dioscorea acuminata
• Dioscorea adenantha
• Dioscorea aesculifolia
• Dioscorea aguilarii
• Dioscorea alata
• Dioscorea alatipes
• Dioscorea althaeoides
• Dioscorea amaranthoides
• Dioscorea amazonum
• Dioscorea amoena
• Dioscorea analalavensis
• Dioscorea ancachsensis
• Dioscorea antaly
• Dioscorea araucana
• Dioscorea arcuatinervis
• Dioscorea aristolochiifolia
• Dioscorea asclepiadea
• Dioscorea aspersa
• Dioscorea asteriscus
• Dioscorea auriculata
• Dioscorea bako
• Dioscorea balcanica
• Dioscorea banzhuana
• Dioscorea bartlettii
• Dioscorea basiclavicaulis
• Dioscorea belophylla
• Dioscorea bemandry
• Dioscorea bemarivensis
• Dioscorea benthamii
• Dioscorea berenicea
• Dioscorea bernoulliana
• Dioscorea besseriana
• Dioscorea bicolor
• Dioscorea biformifolia
• Dioscorea birmanica
• Dioscorea bosseri
• Dioscorea brachybotrya
• Dioscorea bridgesii
• Dioscorea brownii
• Dioscorea bryoniifolia
• Dioscorea buchananii
• Dioscorea buckleyana
• Dioscorea bulbifera
• Dioscorea burchellii
• Dioscorea burkilliana
• Dioscorea calcicola
• Dioscorea campestris
• Dioscorea carionis
• Dioscorea carpomaculata
• Dioscorea castilloniana
• Dioscorea caucasica
• Dioscorea cayenensis
• Dioscorea ceratandra
• Dioscorea chiapasensis
• Dioscorea chimborazensis
• Dioscorea chingii
• Dioscorea chondrocarpa
• Dioscorea choriandra
• Dioscorea chouardii
• Dioscorea cienegensis
• Dioscorea cirrhosa
• Dioscorea collettii
• Dioscorea comorensis
• Dioscorea composita
• Dioscorea convolvulacea
• Dioscorea conzattii
• Dioscorea coreana
• Dioscorea coriacea
• Dioscorea cotinifolia
• Dioscorea cruzensis
• Dioscorea cumingii
• Dioscorea cyanisticta
• Dioscorea cymosula
• Dioscorea cyphocarpa
• Dioscorea decaryana
• Dioscorea delavayi
• Dioscorea deltoidea
• Dioscorea densiflora
• Dioscorea diversifolia
• Dioscorea dodecaneura
• Dioscorea dregeana
• Dioscorea dugesii
• Dioscorea dumetorum
• Dioscorea entomophila
• Dioscorea esculenta
• Dioscorea esquirolii
• Dioscorea exalata
• Dioscorea fandra
• Dioscorea fasciculocongesta
• Dioscorea fastigiata
• Dioscorea filiformis
• Dioscorea flabellifolia
• Dioscorea flaccida
• Dioscorea floribunda
• Dioscorea floridana
• Dioscorea fordii
• Dioscorea formosana
• Dioscorea futschauensis
• Dioscorea galeottiana
• Dioscorea gallegosi
• Dioscorea garrettii
• Dioscorea gaumeri
• Dioscorea gillettii
• Dioscorea glabra
• Dioscorea glandulosa
• Dioscorea glomerulata
• Dioscorea gomez-pompae
• Dioscorea gracilis
• Dioscorea gracillima
• Dioscorea grandis
• Dioscorea grisebachii
• Dioscorea guerrerensis
• Dioscorea hamiltonii
• Dioscorea hastatissima
• Dioscorea hastifolia
• Dioscorea hemicrypta
• Dioscorea hemsleyi
• Dioscorea heteropoda
• Dioscorea hexagona
• Dioscorea hintonii
• Dioscorea hirtiflora
• Dioscorea hispida
• Dioscorea hondurensis
• Dioscorea howardiana
• Dioscorea humifusa
• Dioscorea humilis
• Dioscorea hurteri
• Dioscorea igualamontana
• Dioscorea insignis
• Dioscorea jaliscana
• Dioscorea japonica
• Dioscorea juxtlahuacensis
• Dioscorea kalkapershadii
• Dioscorea kamoonensis
• Dioscorea kingii
• Dioscorea kituiensis
• Dioscorea koyamae
• Dioscorea lamprocaula
• Dioscorea lanata
• Dioscorea larecajensis
• Dioscorea laurifolia
• Dioscorea lehmannii
• Dioscorea lepcharum
• Dioscorea lepida
• Dioscorea liebmannii
• Dioscorea linearicordata
• Dioscorea longicuspis
• Dioscorea longipes
• Dioscorea longirhiza
• Dioscorea longituba
• Dioscorea maciba
• Dioscorea macrantha
• Dioscorea macvaughii
• Dioscorea madecassa
• Dioscorea martini
• Dioscorea matagalpensis
• Dioscorea matsudai
• Dioscorea matudae
• Dioscorea mayottensis
• Dioscorea megalantha
• Dioscorea megaphylla
• Dioscorea melanophyma
• Dioscorea menglaensis
• Dioscorea meridensis
• Dioscorea mesoamericana
• Dioscorea mexicana
• Dioscorea microbotrya
• Dioscorea minima
• Dioscorea minutiflora
• Dioscorea mitis
• Dioscorea mitoensis
• Dioscorea morelosana
• Dioscorea mucronata
• Dioscorea multiloba
• Dioscorea multinervis
• Dioscorea mundii
• Dioscorea nako
• Dioscorea namorokensis
• Dioscorea nana
• Dioscorea natalia
• Dioscorea nelsonii
• Dioscorea nematodes
• Dioscorea nipponica
• Dioscorea nitens
• Dioscorea oaxacensis
• Dioscorea oligophylla
• Dioscorea omiltemensis
• Dioscorea oppositifolia
• Dioscorea orangeana
• Dioscorea orbiculata
• Dioscorea oreodoxa
• Dioscorea orizabensis
• Dioscorea ovinala
• Dioscorea pallens
• Dioscorea palmeri
• Dioscorea panthaica
• Dioscorea pantojensis
• Dioscorea pedicellata
• Dioscorea pentaphylla
• Dioscorea perdicum
• Dioscorea pilosiuscula
• Dioscorea piperifolia
• Dioscorea piscatorum
• Dioscorea platycolpota
• Dioscorea plumifera
• Dioscorea poilanei
• Dioscorea polyclados
• Dioscorea polygonoides
• Dioscorea polystachya
• Dioscorea prainiana
• Dioscorea prazeri
• Dioscorea preslii
• Dioscorea preussii
• Dioscorea pringlei
• Dioscorea pseudomacrocapsa
• Dioscorea pteropoda
• Dioscorea pubera
• Dioscorea pumicicola
• Dioscorea putumayensis
• Dioscorea pyrenaica
• Dioscorea pyrifolia
• Dioscorea quartiniana
• Dioscorea quaternata
• Dioscorea quinquelobata
• Dioscorea racemosa
• Dioscorea remotiflora
• Dioscorea reticulata
• Dioscorea retusa
• Dioscorea reversiflora
• Dioscorea rimbachii
• Dioscorea rosei
• Dioscorea rupicola
• Dioscorea sagittata
• Dioscorea sagittifolia
• Dioscorea salicifolia
• Dioscorea sambiranensis
• Dioscorea sandwithii
• Dioscorea sansibarensis
• Dioscorea santanderensis
• Dioscorea saxatilis
• Dioscorea scortechinii
• Dioscorea septemloba
• Dioscorea sericea
• Dioscorea seriflora
• Dioscorea sessiliflora
• Dioscorea simulans
• Dioscorea sinoparviflora
• Dioscorea sinuata
• Dioscorea soso
• Dioscorea spiculiflora
• Dioscorea spongiosa
• Dioscorea stenomeriflora
• Dioscorea stenopetala
• Dioscorea sterilis
• Dioscorea stipulosa
• Dioscorea strydomiana
• Dioscorea subcalva
• Dioscorea subhastata
• Dioscorea subtomentosa
• Dioscorea sumiderensis
• Dioscorea syringifolia
• Dioscorea tacanensis
• Dioscorea tamarisciflora
• Dioscorea tancitarensis
• Dioscorea temascaltepecensis
• Dioscorea tenella
• Dioscorea tentaculigera
• Dioscorea tenuipes
• Dioscorea togoensis
• Dioscorea tokoro
• Dioscorea tomentosa
• Dioscorea torticaulis
• Dioscorea transversa
• Dioscorea triandria
• Dioscorea trichantha
• Dioscorea trifida
• Dioscorea trifoliata
• Dioscorea trifurcata
• Dioscorea trilinguis
• Dioscorea tubiperianthia
• Dioscorea ulinei
• Dioscorea urceolata
• Dioscorea urophylla
• Dioscorea uruapanensis
• Dioscorea variifolia
• Dioscorea velutipes
• Dioscorea villosa
• Dioscorea volckmannii
• Dioscorea wallichii
• Dioscorea warmingii
• Dioscorea wightii
• Dioscorea xizangensis
• Dioscorea yunnanensis
• Dioscorea zingiberensis
• Rajania
• Tamus

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