Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dioscorea composita Hemsl. [Dioscoreaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
barbasco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
barbascojams	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mexican wild yam	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dioscorea tepinapensis Uline ex R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 204 (1917).
Dioscorea tepinapensis var. aggregata Uline ex R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 205 (1917).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea composita Hemsl.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Dioscorea composita Hemsley	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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