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Non-scientific name:

shan yao

3 Accepted name(s) for "shan yao":

7 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:
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Dioscorea japonica Thunb. Dioscorea japonica Thunb. Dioscorea japonica Thunb. dried rhizome rhizome
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Dioscorea oppositifolia L. Dioscorea oppositifolia L. Dioscorea oppositifolia L. rhizome, stem & leaf
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea oppositifolia L. dried rhizome rhizome
TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea oppositifolia L. rhizome rhizome
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.
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
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Dioscorea doryphora Hance Dioscorea doryphora Hance Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. dried rhizome rhizome
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Dioscorea batatas Dioscorea batatas Decne. Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.

40 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "shan yao":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
chinese yam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinese yam rhizome Other Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
chinese-potato Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinesische yams Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinesische yamswurzel Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
cinnamon vine Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
cinnamon yam Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
cinnamon-vine Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common yam Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
dioscorea polystachya rhizome Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
dioscoreae rhizoma Pharmaceutical Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
echte yamswurzel Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ginger Other Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
igname Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
igname de chine Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
jams Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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)
koreanische yams Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
long chinese yam Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
naga-imo Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pochrzyn chinski Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
rhizoma dioscoreae Pharmaceutical Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
san Other 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)
shu yu Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ubi Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
wild yam Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
zingiberis rhizoma Pharmaceutical Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
ямс китайский Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ショウキョウ Other Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
基隆山藥 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
山药 Other TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
山葯 Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
山藥 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
恆春薯蕷 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
薯蕷 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)