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Non-scientific name:

guyana arrowroot

1 Accepted name(s) for "guyana arrowroot":

Accepted name
Dioscorea alata L.

2 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:
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Dioscorea alata L. Dioscorea alata L. Dioscorea alata L.
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Dioscorea alata L. Dioscorea alata L. Dioscorea alata L.

17 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "guyana arrowroot":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
geflügelter yam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
grande igname Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
greater yam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
igname ailée Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
igname de chine Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
inhame Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
purple yam Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
storjams Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tabena Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ten-months yam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wasser yamswurzel Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
water yam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
white yam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
winged yam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ñame blanco Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ñame de agua Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)