FIG. 3 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. 3. — Female flowering and fruiting morphology in Dioscorea mayottensis Wilkin: A, leaf and female inflorescence, showing the lateral nodal spines; B, flower showing its insertion onto the inflorescence axis, the floral bract and bracteole, ovary and the floral stipe at its apex; C, flower with three tepals removed to show four of the staminodia, the styles and stigmas; D, half-flower showing the torus shape; E, infructescence with immature capsules, showing the persistent floral stipe forming an apical apiculus; F, a ba- sally winged seed. Drawn from Hladik et al. 6469 (A-D), Barthelat et al. 796 (E) and Hladik 6494 (F) by Lucy Smith. Scale bar: A, 3 cm; B, 4 mm; C, D, 0.9 mm; E, 3 cm; F, 1 cm.