Dioscoreaceae
Dioscoreaceae A family of plants most of which are slender climbers. The leaves are commonly cordate. The flowers are regular, small, inconspicuous, tri- or hexamerous and the ovary is inferior. The fruit is a capsule or berry. There are 6 genera, with about 630 species, most of which are tropical, but including Tamus communis, the black bryony of Europe.
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