Dioscoreaceae

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Dioscorea sylvatica Eckl.

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Common names: forest elephant’s foot, forest tortoise plant, elephant’s foot yam, wild yam (Eng.); olifantsvoet, skilpadknol (Afr.); nakaa, usikolipati (isiXhosa); ufudu, ingwevu, intane, lwehlathi (isiZulu)

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Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl.

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Common names: turtle back, elephant's foot, Hottentots' bread

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Dioscorea strydomiana Wilkin

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Common names: Ebutsini wild yam, Strydom's wild yam

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Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth) T.Durand & Schinz

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Common names: wild yam (Eng.); wildejam (Afr.); ingcolo (Xhoza); isidakwa (Zulu)

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Dioscorea brownii Schinz

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