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

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Non-scientific name:

coco yam

1 Accepted name(s) for "coco yam":

Accepted name
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

3 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:
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)	Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott	Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott	Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott	Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott	Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott	Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott	Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

9 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "coco yam":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
cocoyam	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
colomia antiquorum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dasheen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
eddo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
elephant's ear	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kalo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
malanga	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
taro	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild taro	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)