Dioscorea hamiltonii explained

Dioscorea hamiltonii is a species of Dioscorea native to southern China, Taiwan, northern Indochina (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar) and the Himalayas (Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam).^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Dioscorea hamiltonii is used as an ingredient in a type of chè: chè củ mài.

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=240219 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200028129 Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 295, 褐苞薯蓣 he bao shu yu, Dioscorea persimilis Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal. 4: 454. 1908.
3. Samanta, A.K. (2006). The genus Dioscorea L. in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas - a census. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 555-563.
4. Wilkin, P. & Thapyai, C. (2009). Flora of Thailand 10(1): 1-140. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.