Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dioscorea floribunda M.Martens & Galeotti [Dioscoreaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
medicinsk jams	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ratalo	Other	Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root tuber		Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dioscorea barclayi R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 169 (1924).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea floribunda	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Dioscorea floribunda M. Martens & Galeotti	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Dioscorea floribunda M.Martens & Galeotti	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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