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Non-scientific name:

potato yam

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

Accepted name
Dioscorea bulbifera L.

6 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 bulbifera L. Dioscorea bulbifera L. Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Dioscorea bulbifera L. Dioscorea bulbifera L. Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Dioscorea bulbifera L. Dioscorea bulbifera L. Dioscorea bulbifera L. dried rhizome
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Dioscorea bulbifera L. Dioscorea bulbifera L. Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) Dioscorea bulbifera Dioscorea bulbifera L. Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Dioscorea bulbifera Linnaeus Dioscorea bulbifera L. Dioscorea bulbifera L.

42 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "potato yam":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
aerial yam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ah-lu-thi Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
air potato Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
air-potato Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ban tarul Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bengo nari Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bhyakur Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bitter yam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
brotwurzel Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
buk Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
cheeky yam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ghar tyaur Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
githa Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hisaki Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hoei-oepas Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hoi Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
huang yao zi Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
igname bulbifère Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
inhame Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kamfo Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kanthamul Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khashyo Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khe Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kisi Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kukur tarul Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kway Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
mpenga Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ngembu Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ngombo Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
papa voladora Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pas Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
phor Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
potatisjams Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pousse en l'air Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
putsa-u Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
sakkisak Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
soko Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
tarul Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
teme Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
varahi Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yamswurzel Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ñame de gunda Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)