Dioscorea retusa
Dioscoreaceae
As at April 2024, 3 herbarium specimens, 3 photo records
South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Dioscorea quartiniana - Strong slender twiner. Stems wiry, closely downy. Leaves with five leaflets, slightly hairy or almost hairless, leaflets often arched backwards with distinct midrib from which lateral veins spring, tapering to base and with thread-like tip, up to c 5 cm long x 2 cm wide, often partly folded upwards. Female flowers stalkless, greyish, in single slender axillary spikes.
* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.
Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.
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