✿Dioscoreaceae · Dioscorea
Jangli Matol / Arrowleaf Yam
Dioscorea belophylla
Climberoutdoor
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- September-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dioscorea belophylla
- Genus
- Dioscorea
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Himalayas, Bangladesh
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped)recorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jangli Matol itself; the rest are typical of the Dioscoreaceae family.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Jangli matol
- Telugu
- Nara tega
- Marathi
- तरड़ी Taradi, तरुड कंद
About Jangli Matol
A member of the Dioscoreaceae family, Arrowleaf Yam (Dioscorea belophylla) is a climber. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh and 5 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to March.
Botanical family
Dioscoreaceae
Yam Family
Jangli Matol belongs to the Dioscoreaceae family.
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