Plant Details

Accepted name:

Dioscorea bulbifera L. [Dioscoreaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acom	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aerial yam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
air potato	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
air yam	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
air-potato	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
amrita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
angin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badarakachha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban tarul	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
barahi kanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bengo nari	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bhirvolikanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhyakur	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bilvamula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bitter yam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
brahmaputri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brahmikanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brotwurzel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
buk	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bulb bearing yam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bulb-bearing yam	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
charmakaraluka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chedupaddudumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cheeky yam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
diha	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
dukarakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dukarkanda	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
dukarkkanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dukkarkanda	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
engin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gainthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gaithi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gathalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
genth	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
genthi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gethi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghar tyaur	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ghrishti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
githa	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gonti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
grsti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hansi gedde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heggenasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heggenusu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
hisaki	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hoei-oepas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
hoi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
huang yao zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
huangdu	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
huángyàozǐ	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
igname bulbifère	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
inhame	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kadoo karaandaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadu kand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadu-kamdo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadu-karanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kai vallikkodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaikaraande	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaimoode gedde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaivalli kodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamfo	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanima kanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanthamul	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kanya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karamdo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karawakand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karu-karinda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karukanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuccirakavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuk kayvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukaccil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukachil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukkilangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katu-katsjil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katu-kelengu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katukatsjil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaumari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaya pendazam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kayapendalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayapendalamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayvalli-koti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khashyo	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khe	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khildri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kisi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
konaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
konfa goradu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krodakanya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukarkand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukur tarul	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kunta genasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunta genusu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kuntagenasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kushthanashaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madhaveshtagrishtika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
magadhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahaushadha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahavirya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaakaakaayapendalamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malakakayapendalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malakakayapendalamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
metealu	Other	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
mibaelikand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
modi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naregyansu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ofika	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
otaheite potato	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
otaheite yam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oviala	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
pannukilangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panu kodol	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
papa voladora	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pas	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
phor	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
potatisjams	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
potato yam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pousse en l'air	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ram bara	Other	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
ratalu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rudrakshapendalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rudrakshapendalamugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakkisak	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
saukari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shambarakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shukari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
su ka ri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sukandaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarul	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
teme	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
trinetra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
udala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
vallikilangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
van gainthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanavasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vangenthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varaahi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varahi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
varahi kand	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
varahi kanda	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
varahikanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verrilai valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishvaksenapriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vridhida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vyadhihanta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vārāhi (rhizome)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
vārāhikaṇda	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
yamswurzel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
zamin-kand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zaminekand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zaminekanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zaminkand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ñame de gunda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
උඩල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
පණු කොඩොල්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
黃藥子	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
黄独	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
黄药子	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
黄薬子	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Tuber		Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
Tuber		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Tubers		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dried rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Tubers		Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
rhizome	dried cut rhizome	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 30 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Dioscorea crispata Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 802 (1832).
Dioscorea anthropophagorum A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 8: 357 (1913).
Dioscorea bulbifera var. albotuberosa Y.F.Zhou, Z.L.Xu & Y.Y.Hang Novon 18: 555 (2008).
Dioscorea bulbifera var. anthropophagorum (A.Chev.) Summerh. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 19: 293 (1931).
Dioscorea bulbifera var. brachybotryum Y.Y.Hang & Y.F.Zhou J. Pl. Resourc. Environ. 27: 105 (2018), contrary to Art. 40.6. ICN (2018).
Dioscorea bulbifera var. crispata (Roxb.) Prain Bengal Pl. 2: 1066 (1903).
Dioscorea bulbifera f. domestica (Makino) Makino & Nemoto Fl. Japan, rev. ed.: 1585 (1931).
Dioscorea bulbifera var. elongata (F.M.Bailey) Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 27 (1914).
Dioscorea bulbifera var. pulchella (Roxb.) Prain Bengal Pl. 2: 1066 (1903).
Dioscorea bulbifera var. sativa Prain Bengal Pl. 2: 1066 (1903).
Dioscorea bulbifera var. suavia Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 26 (1914).
Dioscorea bulbifera var. vera Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 26 (1914).
Dioscorea heterophylla Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 804 (1832).
Dioscorea hoffa Cordem. Fl. Réunion: 159 (1895).
Dioscorea hofika Jum. & H.Perrier Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 2, 8: 291 (1910).
Dioscorea korrorensis R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 190 (1924).
Dioscorea latifolia Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 535 (1849).
Dioscorea longipetiolata Baudon Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 1: 242 (1913).
Dioscorea perrieri R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 354 (1924).
Dioscorea pulchella Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 801 (1832).
Dioscorea rogersii Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 27 (1914).
Dioscorea sativa f. domestica Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1326 (1912).
Dioscorea sativa var. elongata F.M.Bailey Queensl. Fl. 5: 1615 (1902).
Dioscorea sativa var. rotunda F.M.Bailey Queensl. Fl. 5: 1615 (1902).
Dioscorea sativa f. spontanea Makino Phan. Pter. Jap. Icon. 2: t. 81-82 (1902).
Dioscorea tamifolia Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 17 (1805).
Dioscorea tenuiflora Schltdl. Linnaea 17: 608 (1843).
Dioscorea violacea Baudon Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 1: 242 (1913), nom. illeg.
Helmia bulbifera (L.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 435 (1850).
Polynome bulbifera (L.) Salisb. Gen. Pl.: 12 (1866).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea bulbifera	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Dioscorea bulbifera L,	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Dioscorea bulbifera L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015) Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Fijian Medicinal Plants (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Dioscorea bulbifera Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Dioscorea bulbifera Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Dioscorea crispata Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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