Dioscorea pseudotomentosa seeds grow into a climbing tuberous geophyte native to the wet tropical biome of Thailand, specifically recorded from the Saraburi province in central Thailand a range-restricted species from the humid seasonal forests of the Thai interior. The epithet pseudotomentosa means ‘falsely hairy’, referring to the somewhat woolly or hairy leaf surfaces that suggest but do not fully achieve the dense tomentum of some related species. Like all climbing Dioscorea, it develops an underground tuber from which seasonal climbing stems arise. Family Dioscoreaceae.
Warm, humid conditions with consistent moisture and good drainage replicate the wet tropical forest conditions of its Thai habitat.
Dioscorea pseudotomentosa is a range-restricted Thai endemic yam a collector’s species from the humid seasonal forests of central Thailand, where it represents one of the more botanically unusual members of its genus in Southeast Asia.
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