Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dioscorea sinuata Vell. [Dioscoreaceae]
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Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
carachi	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
carapé	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
dioscorea sinuata whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dioscorea bonariensis Ten. Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1838: 3 (1838).
Dioscorea crenata Vell. Fl. Flumin. 10: t. 127 (1831).
Dioscorea septemloba Griseb. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(1): 46 (1842), not validly publ.
Dioscorea sinuata var. bonariensis Hauman Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 27: 499 (1916).
Dioscorea sinuata var. crenata Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 79 (1867).
Dioscorea sinuata var. integrifolia Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 79 (1867).
Dioscorea sinuata var. macrotepala Uline ex R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 207 (1917).
Dioscorea sinuata var. pauloensis R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 36: 126 (1934).
Dioscorea sinuata var. septemloba Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 79 (1867).
Dioscorea variifolia Kunze Linnaea 20: 12 (1847), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea sinuata Vell.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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