FIG. 2 in A new edible yam (Dioscorea L.) species endemic to Mayotte, new data on D. comorensis R.Knuth and a key to the yams of the Comoro Archipelago

FIG. 2. — Vegetative and male reproductive morphology in Dioscorea mayottensis Wilkin: A, habit, showing the leaves and male inflorescences with alternate, regularly distributed cymules; B, a node, showing the stem, petiole and inflorescence base, an axillary bud, and the lateral nodal spines; C, a cymule of the male inflorescence, showing the two cymule bracts, floral bracts, three flowers at anthesis with long pedicels and the anthers at the torus mouth, and three in bud where the pedicels are still developing. The first flower of the cymule appears solitary because the first branch of the cymule is too short to see; D, a half-flower showing the torus shape, three tepals, the pistillode and the stamens with contorted to coiled filaments. Drawn from Mas 64 by Lucy Smith. Scale bar: A, 2.5 cm; B, C, 3 mm; D, 1 mm.