Black Bryony / الكَرْمُ البَرِّيُّ /

الخَيْرُونُ الشَّائِعُ / الكَرْمَةُ الحَمْرَاءُ / ديسقوريا معروفة /

Dioscorea orientalis (J.Thiébaut) Caddick & Wilkin

Edibility and usage

Edibility

Unknown

Blooming period

December to January

Seed collection period

March to May

Description

Perenniality

Perennial

Petal colour

Green
White

Leaf type

Entire

Life form

Climber
Geophyte

Scientifc data

Genus

Dioscorea Plum. ex L.

Family

Dioscoreaceae

Wikidata item

Q15609437

GBIF Item

Dioscorea orientalis (J.Thiébaut) Caddick & Wilkin (2754688)

Conservation status (IUCN)

Least concern

References

Dioscorea Plum. ex L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.(English)
Fragman-Sapir, O. & Sapir, Y. 2017. Dioscorea orientalis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T13133585A18612440. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T13133585A18612440.en. Accessed on 11 April 2022.
Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).

Citation

Dioscorea orientalis (J.Thiébaut) Caddick & Wilkin in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/723 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.