Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adavi dumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atagatige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cedubaddudumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chedubaddudumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
china root	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chinaroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
colic	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
colic root	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
colicroot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devil s-bones	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dioscorea	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
dioscorea villosa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
gaithi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goradu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heggenasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
igname sauvage	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ilavali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iyamkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadu-kand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karu kanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuc cirakavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukaccil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattunaruvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotikkal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotikkalvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
läkejams	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
malakadayapendalamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mataru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukkizhannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
north american wild yam	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
pannu kilangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peruvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peruvallikkilannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peruvallikkizhannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
racines de colique	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ratalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rheumatism	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rheumatism root	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
sasibuddadumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulakkaivalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varahi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild yam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
wilde yamswurzel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yamicukilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yamicukkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yamswurzel	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
zottige yamswurzel	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root, Root with Rhizome		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dioscorea sativa L. Sp. Pl.: 1033 (1753), nom. cons.
Dioscorea cliffortiana Lam. Encycl. 3: 232 (1789).
Dioscorea glauca Muhl. ex L.C.Beck Bot. North. Middle States: 355 (1833), pro syn.
Dioscorea hexaphylla Raf. New Fl. 2: 89 (1837).
Dioscorea hirticaulis Bartlett Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 189: 17 (1910).
Dioscorea lloydiana E.H.L.Krause Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 32(2): 331 (1914).
Dioscorea longifolia Raf. New Fl. 2: 89 (1837).
Dioscorea megaptera Raf. New Fl. 2: 88 (1837).
Dioscorea paniculata Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 239 (1803).
Dioscorea paniculata var. glabrifolia Bartlett Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 189: 15 (1910).
Dioscorea pruinosa Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 338 (1850).
Dioscorea quaternata Walter Fl. Carol.: 246 (1788).
Dioscorea quaternata var. glauca (Muhl. ex L.C.Beck) Fernald Rhodora 39: 399 (1937).
Dioscorea quinata Walter Fl. Carol.: 246 (1788).
Dioscorea repanda Raf. New Fl. 2: 89 (1837), nom. illeg.
Dioscorea villosa var. glabra J.Lloyd ex A.Gray Manual, ed. 7: 297 (1908).
Dioscorea villosa subsp. glabrifolia (Bartlett) W.Stone Pl. S. New Jersey: 358 (1912).
Dioscorea villosa var. glabrifolia (Bartlett) S.F.Blake Rhodora 20: 49 (1918).
Dioscorea villosa f. glabrifolia (Bartlett) Fernald Rhodora 39: 401 (1937).
Dioscorea villosa subsp. glauca (Muhl. ex L.C.Beck) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 173 (1924).
Dioscorea villosa var. hirticaulis (Bartlett) H.E.Ahles J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 80: 172 (1964).
Dioscorea villosa subsp. hirticaulis (Bartlett) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 173 (1924).
Dioscorea villosa var. laeviuscula Alph.Wood Class-book Bot., ed. 2: 544 (1847).
Dioscorea villosa subsp. paniculata (Michx.) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 173 (1924).
Dioscorea villosa subsp. quaternata (Walter) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 173 (1924).
Dioscorea waltheri Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2: 269 (1815).
Merione villosa (L.) Salisb. Gen. Pl.: 12 (1866).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea sativa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Dioscorea sativa L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Dioscorea villosa	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Dioscorea villosa L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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