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Accepted name: 
Dioscorea japonica Thunb. [Dioscoreaceae]
More about this plant: 
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
chinese yam Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dioscorea rhizome Other Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
dioscoreae rhizoma Pharmaceutical Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dioscoreae rhizoma pulveratum Pharmaceutical Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
huang tu Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
powdered dioscorea rhizome Other Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
sang yak Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
shan yao Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
t'u yu Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
yama-ne-imo Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
yama-no-imo Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
yeh shan yao Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
サンヤク Other Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
サンヤク末 Other Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
基隆山藥 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
山药 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山藥 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)