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'''Dioscorea pentaphylla''' is a perennial climbing plant producing annual stems from a perennial rootstock. These stems scramble over the ground or twine into the surrounding vegetation. The plant is widely cultivated in tropical areas of Asia for its edible root. It is also harvested from the wild because its slender tubers render its cultivation more difficult.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Boils}}, {{Uses|Swellings}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Leaf}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Chemical Composition==
<ref name="Common names">[https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/d/dioscorea-pentaphylla Common names]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Dioscorea+pentaphylla Cultivation]</ref>
<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants">”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.275, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>
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