Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dioscorea zingiberensis C.H.Wright [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 zingiberensis whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
火头根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
盾叶薯蓣	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

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

Dioscorea henryi Uline ex Diels Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 261 (1900), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea zingiberensis C. H. Wright	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Dioscorea zingiberensis C.H. Wright	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Dioscorea zingiberensis C.H.Wright	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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