Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dioscorea laxiflora Mart. ex Griseb. [Dioscoreaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dioscorea laxiflora whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dioscorea calystegioides Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 362 (1850).
Dioscorea laxiflora var. auriculata Griseb. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(1): 33 (1842).
Dioscorea laxiflora var. calystegioides (Kunth) Uline Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 214 (1917).
Dioscorea laxiflora var. cincinnata Uline ex R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 214 (1917).
Dioscorea laxiflora var. cissifolia Uline ex R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 214 (1917).
Dioscorea laxiflora var. truncata Griseb. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(1): 33 (1842).
Dioscorea laxiflora var. truncatolanceolata Uline ex R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 214 (1917).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea laxiflora	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009)
Dioscorea laxiflora Mart.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Dioscorea laxiflora Mart. ex Griseb.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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