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

Non-scientific name:

common yam

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

Accepted name
Dioscorea mexicana Scheidw.
Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.

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:
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Dioscorea mexicana Scheidw.	Dioscorea mexicana Scheidw.	Dioscorea mexicana Scheidw.
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.
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

31 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "common yam":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
barbasco de placa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese yam	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinese-potato	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinesische yams	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinesische yamswurzel	Other	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)
dioscorea polystachya rhizome	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
echte yamswurzel	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
igname de chine	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
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)
mexican yam	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
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	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) 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	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ubi	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
yamaimo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ямс китайский	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
山葯	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
薯蕷	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
마	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)