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Non-scientific name:

wild yam

12 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:
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Dioscorea alata Linn. Dioscorea alata L. Dioscorea alata L.
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth)T.Durand & Schinz Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth) T.Durand & Schinz Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth) T.Durand & Schinz
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Dioscorea dregeana Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth) T.Durand & Schinz Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth) T.Durand & Schinz
Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Dioscorea pentaphylla Linnaeus Dioscorea pentaphylla L. Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Dioscorea polygonoides Humb. & Bonpl. Ex Willd. Dioscorea polygonoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Dioscorea polygonoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Dioscorea batatas Dioscorea batatas Decne. Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Dioscorea quartiniana A.Rich. Dioscorea quartiniana A.Rich. Dioscorea quartiniana A.Rich.
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Dioscorea villosa L. Dioscorea villosa L. Dioscorea villosa L.
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Dioscorea villosa L. Dioscorea villosa L. Dioscorea villosa L.
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Dioscorea villosa L. Dioscorea villosa L. Dioscorea villosa L.
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Dioscorea villosa L. Dioscorea villosa L. Dioscorea villosa L.
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Dioscorea villosa L. Dioscorea villosa L. Dioscorea villosa L.
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Dioscorea villosa L. Dioscorea villosa L. Dioscorea villosa L.
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Dioscorea villosa L. Dioscorea villosa L. Dioscorea villosa L. Root, Root with Rhizome
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Dioscorea villosa L. Dioscorea villosa L. Dioscorea villosa L.

51 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "wild yam":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
aaluka Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aser Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
asiatic yam Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bitter jessie Other Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
china root Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chinaroot Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chuinyan Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
colic Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
colic root Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
colicroot Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devil s-bones Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dikurunga Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dioscorea Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
dioscorea villosa Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
gliha Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
greater yam Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hung Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
igname sauvage Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ilabatheka Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
inchoolo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ingcolo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ingxolo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isidakwa Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isithundlathundla Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jagate bhyakur Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
jar Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kaashthaaluka Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kathaalu Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lauka Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
läkejams Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mangai Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
marede a poo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ndiyaza Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
north american wild yam Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
perumvalli kizhangu Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
racines de colique Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rheumatism Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rheumatism root Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
shan yao Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
temen Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
timi Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tyaguno Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
udakwa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
undiyaza Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
unyawo-lwendlovu Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wilde yamswurzel Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wildejam Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yam Other Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
yamswurzel Other WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
zottige yamswurzel Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
|'hoang#oq^ Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)