Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dioscorea mexicana Scheidw. [Dioscoreaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
barbasco	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
barbasco de placa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cabeza de negro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cinnamon vine	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common yam	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
giant yam	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
mexican yam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sköldpaddsjams	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dioscorea anconensis R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 28: 82 (1930).
Dioscorea astrostigma Uline Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 431 (1896).
Dioscorea bilbergiana Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 354 (1850).
Dioscorea deamii Matuda Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 24: 60 (1953).
Dioscorea deppei Schiede ex Schltdl. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 890 (1843).
Dioscorea leiboldiana Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 355 (1850).
Dioscorea macrophylla M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(2): 392 (1842).
Dioscorea macrostachya Benth. Pl. Hartw.: 73 (1841).
Dioscorea macrostachya var. sessiliflora Uline Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 424 (1896).
Dioscorea mexicana var. sessiliflora (Uline) Matuda Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 24: 285 (1954).
Dioscorea propinqua Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 359 (1884).
Dioscorea tuerckheimii R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 203 (1917).
Testudinaria cocolmeca Procop. Bot. Centralbl. 49: 201 (1892).
Testudinaria macrostachya (Benth.) G.D.Rowley Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 28: 6 (1973).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea mexicana	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Dioscorea mexicana Scheidw.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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