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Accepted scientific name of each plant Frequency that plant appears in medicinal sources
Dioscorea cayenensis Lam. 3
Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. cayenensis 2
Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata (Poir.) J.Miège 3

These plants were selected because your search term "Dioscorea cayennensis"...

Medicinal source Year published Frequency of search term in medicinal sources
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) n/a 6
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) 2012 2

Non-scientific names Records referring to name
guinea white yam 1
lagos yam 1
twelve-months yam 1
yellow guinea yam 1

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Dioscorea cayenensis Lam. Dioscorea cayennensis Lam. Dioscorea cayennensis Lam.

(Latin_published)

 World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata (Poir.) J.Miège Dioscorea cayennensis Lam. subsp. rotundata (Poir.) J. Dioscorea cayennensis Lam. subsp. rotundata (Poir.) J.

(Latin_published)

 World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. cayenensis Dioscorea cayennensis subsp. cayennensis Lam. Dioscorea cayennensis subsp. cayennensis Lam.

(Latin_published)

 U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata (Poir.) J.Miège Dioscorea cayennensis subsp. rotundata (Poir.) J. Miege Dioscorea cayennensis subsp. rotundata (Poir.) J. Miege

(Latin_published)

 U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata (Poir.) J.Miège Dioscorea cayennensis subsp. rotundata (Poir.) J. Miege Guinea White Yam

(Other)

 U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. cayenensis Dioscorea cayennensis subsp. cayennensis Lam. Lagos Yam

(Other)

 U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. cayenensis Dioscorea cayennensis subsp. cayennensis Lam. Twelve-months Yam

(Other)

 U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. cayenensis Dioscorea cayennensis subsp. cayennensis Lam. Yellow Guinea Yam

(Other)

 U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
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