Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dioscorea japonica Thunb. [Dioscoreaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 4

Dioscorea japonica var. japonica

Dioscorea japonica var. nagarum Prain & Burkill

Dioscorea japonica var. oldhamii R.Knuth

Dioscorea japonica var. pilifera C.T.Ting & M.C.Chang

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)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizome, rhizophore		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
rhizome	rhizome, periderm removed	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
rhizome		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
rhizome, rhizophore	dried rhizome	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea japonica	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Dioscorea japonica Thunb.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Dioscorea japonica Thunberg	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) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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