구갑룡-[정명] Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl.

엘레판티페스마

 

 

과명 Dioscoreaceae (마과) 속명 Dioscorea (마속) 전체학명 [정명] Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl. 추천명 구갑룡 이명   외국명 Elephant's-foot,Hottentot-bread

학명변경: 명명자변경 Engl. -> (L'Hér.) Engl. 추천명변경: 엘레판티페스마 -> 구갑룡

English Elephant's foot yam     

Elephant's foot yam is a slow-growing species from South Africa. It is unusual in its shrubby habit (its stems twine only towards the tips) and its bulky, largely above-ground tuber.

 

General Description Elephant's foot yam is a spectacular shrubby climber from South Africa, which is threatened due to over-collection.

Elephant's foot yam is a slow-growing species from South Africa. It is unusual in its shrubby habit (its stems twine only towards the tips) and its bulky, largely above-ground tuber.

Description

Elephant's foot yam is a spectacular shrubby climber, which grows up to 1.5 m high. It has a huge caudiciform tuber reaching a diameter of up to 75 cm, which is mainly exposed above ground. The epidermis (skin) of the tuber is greyish-brown and hard, with numerous plates of thick cork (resembling the plates of a tortoise shell). Others have thought it resembles the skin of an elephant, hence the common name elephant's foot yam. The inner tissue is yellowish-white, opaque and brittle.

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317936-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317936-1

https://youtu.be/H-MRPyKMOUs?t=597

 

 

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