Non scientific name details for yam-bean - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

yam-bean

1 Accepted name(s) for "yam-bean":

Accepted name
Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urb.

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:
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)	Pachyrrhizus erosus Urban.	Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urb.	Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urb.		seeds
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urban	Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urb.	Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urb.

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

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
bengkowang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bengkuwang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
besusu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jicama	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mengkuwang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mexican turnip	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
potato-bean	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sengkuang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sengkuwang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
singkong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yam bean	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)