Dioscorea composita

Barbasco · Dioscoreaceae

Summary of the structured data documented in ClimaFlora for this taxon.

DioscoreaceaeClimber

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Identity and native distribution

Family

Dioscoreaceae

Life form

Climber

Documented native regions

North AmericaCentral America and Caribbean

Medicinal useDocumented toxicity

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	12.33 – 28.47	13.71 – 27.87
Temperature of the warmest month	18.71 – 36.57	21.85 – 36.01
Temperature of the coldest month	2.37 – 23.29	3.63 – 21.85
Annual precipitation	726.14 – 5806.72	744.26 – 5214.22
Precipitation seasonality	20.36 – 112.34	31.94 – 110.54

These values describe the documented climate envelope of the taxon. They are not, by themselves, a local recommendation.

Variable	Unit	Observed range	Central range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)	cmol(+)/kg	7.68 – 32.93	13.6 – 28.73
Clay	%	18.54 – 54.28	20.3 – 50.02
Coarse fragments	%	4.53 – 24.27	6 – 22.6
Total nitrogen	g/kg	1.47 – 8.27	1.74 – 5.41
pH	—	5.8 – 7.3	6 – 6.5
Sand	%	22.46 – 60.2	27 – 52.8
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	13.52 – 98.35	17.65 – 61.15

These soil preferences should be compared with the site profile and the confidence of the local data.