Non scientific name details for soko - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

soko

2 Accepted name(s) for "soko":

Accepted name
Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Saraca indica 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:
Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)	Dioscorea bulbifera	Dioscorea bulbifera L.	Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)	Saraca indica Linn.	Saraca indica L.	Saraca indica L.

11 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "soko":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
aerial yam	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
asok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
asoka	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gapis	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
potato yam	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
talan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tanglin	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tengalan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)