| Name | Dioscorea melanophyma Prain & Burkill |
| Authorship | Prain & Burkill |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Dioscorea Linnaeus |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:318255-1 |
| Citation | 1908 J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 4: 452 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Dioscorea melanophyma Prain & Burkill |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) |