Zanzibar Yam
(Dioscorea sansibarensis)
Description
Dioscorea sansibarensis is a species of flowering plant in the yam family known by the common name Zanzibar yam. It is native to Madagascar and to tropical Africa from Tanzania west to Guinea and south to Mozambique, and it is known elsewhere as an introduced species (including in southern Florida).
Taxonomic tree:
Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Dioscoreales
Family:Dioscoreaceae
Genus:Dioscorea
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