Non scientific name details for chinese yam - Medicinal Plant Names Services

Non-scientific name:

chinese yam

3 Accepted name(s) for "chinese yam":

Accepted name
Dioscorea japonica Thunb.
Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.

7 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:
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)	Dioscorea japonica Thunb.	Dioscorea japonica Thunb.	Dioscorea japonica Thunb.	dried rhizome	rhizome
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.		rhizome, stem & leaf
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)	Dioscorea opposita Thunb.	Dioscorea opposita Thunb.	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.	dried rhizome	rhizome
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)	Dioscorea opposita	Dioscorea opposita Thunb.	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.		tuber starch
Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)	Dioscorea opposita Thunb.	Dioscorea opposita Thunb.	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.		Roots
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)	Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.	Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.	Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)	Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.	Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.	Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.	dried rhizomes from which fibrous roots and periderms have been removed	rhizome
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)	Dioscorea doryphora Hance	Dioscorea doryphora Hance	Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.	dried rhizome	rhizome

56 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "chinese yam":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
chinese potato	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
chinese-potato	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinesische yams	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinesische yamswurzel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
cinnamon vine	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
cinnamon yam	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
cinnamon-vine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common yam	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
dioscorea polystachya rhizome	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
dioscoreae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
echte yamswurzel	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ginger	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
igname	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
igname de chine	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
jams	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
japanese mountain yam	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanese yam	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
japanische berg-yams	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
kinayams	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
korean yam	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
koreanische yams	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
long chinese yam	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
naga-imo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nagaimo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pochrzyn chinski	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
san	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
shan yao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
shan yao teng	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shu ping	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shu yu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
shān yào	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shān yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shānyào	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
shǔ yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ubi	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
wáng yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yam	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
yamaimo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yán cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zingiberis rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
ér cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ямс китайский	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ショウキョウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
儿草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
基隆山藥	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
山芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山药	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山葯	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
山薬	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
山藥	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
延草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
恆春薯蕷	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
王芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
薯蓣	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
薯蕷	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
마	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)