Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. cayenensis [Dioscoreaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Dioscorea cayenensis Lam.
Infraspecies:: Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata (Poir.) J.Miège

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
lagos yam	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
twelve-months yam	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yellow guinea yam	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

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

Dioscorea aculeata Balb. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 381 (1850), nom. illeg.
Dioscorea altissima Lam. Encycl. 3: 231 (1789).
Dioscorea berteroana Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 381 (1850).
Dioscorea camerunensis R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 298 (1924).
Dioscorea moma De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 3: 367 (1912).
Dioscorea occidentalis R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 299 (1924).
Dioscorea pruinosa A.Chev. Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç.: 311 (1913), nom. nud.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea aculeata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Dioscorea cayennensis subsp. cayennensis Lam.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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