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Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Ganmanggu

Reference
Sp.Pl. 2:1033 (1753)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Perennial, tuberous climber, to 5 m high. Fl. white/purple-brown, Dec or Jan to Feb. Laterite, clay. Along rivers, on breakaways.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 11 July 1994

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley, King Sound.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.