Non-scientific name:
common yam
3 Accepted name(s) for "common yam":
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: |
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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":