Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dioscorea japonica Thunb. [Dioscoreaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
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 Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
dioscoreae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dioscoreae rhizoma pulveratum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
powdered dioscorea rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
shan yao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
サンヤク	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
サンヤク末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
基隆山藥	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
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	rhizome, periderm removed	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
rhizome	rhizome or the dried steamed rhizome (rhizophore)	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
rhizome, rhizophore	dried rhizome	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea japonica	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Dioscorea japonica Thunb.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) 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 japonica Thunberg	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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