Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dikurunga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kisadi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
unyawo-lwendlovu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild yam	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|'hoang#oq^	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 35 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dioscorea crinita Hook.f. Bot. Mag. 111: t. 6804 (1885).
Dioscorea dinteri Schinz Mém. Herb. Boissier 20: 11 (1900).
Dioscorea forbesii Baker J. Bot. 27: 2 (1889).
Dioscorea anchiatasi Harms in H.G.A.Engler & C.G.O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(II): 362 (1908), not validly publ.
Dioscorea anchietae Harms ex R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 155 (1924).
Dioscorea angolensis R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 119 (1935).
Dioscorea apiculata De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 4, 1: 14 (1902).
Dioscorea beccariana Martelli Fl. Bogos.: 83 (1886).
Dioscorea cryptantha Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 528 (1887).
Dioscorea excisa R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 155 (1924).
Dioscorea gossweileri R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 120 (1935).
Dioscorea holstii Harms in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 147 (1895).
Dioscorea pentadactyla (Pax) Welw. in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 41 (1899).
Dioscorea peteri R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 161 (1937).
Dioscorea phaseoloides Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 149 (1892).
Dioscorea quartiniana var. apiculata (De Wild.) Burkill Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 365 (1939).
Dioscorea quartiniana var. cryptantha (Baker) Burkill Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 365 (1939).
Dioscorea quartiniana var. dinteri (Schinz) Burkill Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 365 (1939).
Dioscorea quartiniana var. excisa (R.Knuth) Burkill Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 365 (1939).
Dioscorea quartiniana var. forbesii (Baker) Burkill Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 365 (1939).
Dioscorea quartiniana var. hochstetteri Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika: 172 (1892).
Dioscorea quartiniana var. holstii (Harms) Burkill Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 365 (1939).
Dioscorea quartiniana var. latifolia R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 161 (1937).
Dioscorea quartiniana var. pentadactyla Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 148 (1892).
Dioscorea quartiniana var. phaseoloides (Pax) Burkill Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 365 (1939).
Dioscorea quartiniana var. schliebenii Burkill Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 365 (1939).
Dioscorea quartiniana var. schweinfurthiana (Pax) Burkill Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 365 (1939).
Dioscorea quartiniana var. stuhlmannii (Harms) Burkill Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 365 (1939).
Dioscorea quartiniana var. subpedata Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 9: 142 (1911).
Dioscorea quartiniana var. vestita R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 161 (1937).
Dioscorea schliebenii R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 659 (1932).
Dioscorea schweinfurthiana Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 149 (1892).
Dioscorea stuhlmannii Harms in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 146 (1895).
Dioscorea ulugurensis R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 1060 (1934).
Dioscorea verdickii De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 4, 1: 15 (1902).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea crinita Hook.f.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Dioscorea dinteri Schinz	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Dioscorea forbesii Baker	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Dioscorea quartiniana A.Rich.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Dioscorea quartiniana var. quartiniana	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)

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