Dioscorea oppositifolia

{{Short description|Species of herbaceous vine}}

{{For|the more widely cultivated yam (D. polystachya) often mislabeled D. oppositifolia or D. opposita|Chinese yam}}

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|genus = Dioscorea

|species = oppositifolia

|authority = L.

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|synonyms = *Dioscorea opposita Thunb.

• Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill{{citation |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100181591 |title=Tropicos.org |accessdate=3 February 2016}}
• Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill
• Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill

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Dioscorea oppositifolia is a type of yam (Dioscorea) native to Myanmar (Burma) and to the Indian Subcontinent (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh).{{Cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=240599|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|website=apps.kew.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-23}}Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2006). "The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004". Makinoa. New series : bulletin of the Makino Botanical Garden 5: 1-102.Samanta, A.K. (2006). "The genus Dioscorea L. in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas - a census". Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 555-563.Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.