Non scientific name details for ér cǎo - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

ér cǎo

1 Accepted name(s) for "ér cǎo":

Accepted name
Dioscorea oppositifolia L.

1 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)	Dioscorea opposita	Dioscorea opposita Thunb.	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.		tuber starch

12 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "ér cǎo":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
chinese yam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shān yào	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shān yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shǔ yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
wáng yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yán cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
儿草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山药	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
延草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
王芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
薯蓣	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)