Ilabatheka

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth) T.Durand & Schinz
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
DIOSCOREACEAE
Synonyms
Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth) T.Durand & Schinz var. hutchinsonii Burkill
Common Names
Ilabatheka (z), Ingcolo (z), Ingcolo (x), Isithundlathundla (z), Udakwa (z), Undiyaza (z), Wild Yam (e)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2008/01/14
Assessor(s)
V.L. Williams, D. Raimondo, N.R. Crouch, A.B. Cunningham, C.R. Scott-Shaw, M. Lötter & A.M. Ngwenya
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth) T.Durand & SchinzLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Cunningham, A.B. 1988. An investigation of the herbal medicine trade in Natal/KwaZulu. Investigational Report No. 29. Institute of Natural Resources, Pietermaritzburg.


Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. and Amude, A.B. 2004. A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 30. SABONET, Pretoria.


Kulkarni, M.G., Street, R.A. and Van Staden, J. 2007. Germination and seedling growth requirements for propagation of Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth) Dur. and Schinz--A tuberous medicinal plant. South African Journal of Botany 73(1):131-137.


Mulholland, D.A., Crouch, N., Decker, B. and Smith, M.T. 2002. The isolation of the Amaryllidaceae alkaloid crinamine from Dioscorea dregeana (Dioscoreaceae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 30(2):183-185.


Pooley, E. 1998. The complete field guide to trees of Natal, Zululand and Transkei. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.


Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


Wilkin, P. 2001. Dioscoreaceae of south-central Africa. Kew Bulletin 56(2):361-404.


Williams, V.L. 2007. The design of a risk assessment model to determine the impact of the herbal medicine trade on the Witwatersrand on resources of indigenous plant species. Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.


Citation
Williams, V.L., Raimondo, D., Crouch, N.R., Cunningham, A.B., Scott-Shaw, C.R., Lötter, M. & Ngwenya, A.M. 2008. Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth) T.Durand & Schinz. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/11

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