Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dioscorea belophylla (Prain) Voigt ex Haines [Dioscoreaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
barayanakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naratega	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhaluka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tairu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tardi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taruta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thiru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yazeng pep	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

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

Dioscorea nummularia var. belophylla Prain Bengal Pl. 2: 1065 (1903).
Dioscorea sagittata Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 378 (1839), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea belophylla (Prain) Voigt ex Haines	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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