Dioscorea hamiltonii

Dioscorea hamiltonii is a species of Dioscorea native to southern China, Taiwan, northern Indochina (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar) and the Himalayas (Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam).^[1][2][3][4]

Dioscorea hamiltonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Dioscoreales
Family:	Dioscoreaceae
Genus:	Dioscorea
Species:	D. hamiltonii
Binomial name
Dioscorea hamiltonii Hook.f.
Synonyms[1]
Dioscorea persimilis Prain & Burkill Dioscorea persimilis var. pubescens C.T.Ting & M.C.Chang Dioscorea persimilis var. wukangensis'' Hand.-Mazz. Dioscorea raishaensis Hayata

Dioscorea hamiltonii is used as an ingredient in a type of chè: chè củ mài.

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 295, 褐苞薯蓣 he bao shu yu, Dioscorea persimilis Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal. 4: 454. 1908.
3. Samanta, A.K. (2006). The genus Dioscorea L. in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas - a census. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 555-563.
4. Wilkin, P. & Thapyai, C. (2009). Flora of Thailand 10(1): 1-140. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.