Dioscoreaceae

Dioscorea sp.

Bac Kan Province, Ba Be District, Ba Be National Park. Dry evergreen broad-leaved secondary forest on very steep rocky slopes composed by white crystalline marble-like highly eroded limestone along lake shore on point 22º24’58’’N 105º36’48’E at elev. of about 250 m a.s.l. Semi-woody vine about 10 m long in open steep slope. Flowers orange. Not common.

29 October 2023, Nguyen Huu Cuong, Chu Ngoc Quan, L. Averyanov, Nguyen Van Ly, T. Maisak, AL2361.