Dioscorea pentaphylla

#245 They called me Dioscorea pentaphylla, also known as Dioscorea jacquemontii. I pay homage to the male botanist Victor Jacquemont. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.