Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aruwa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ban tarul	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
baniatakari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhyakur	Other	Alpine Med. Pl. Trade, Himalaya (Smith Olsen & Overgaard Larsen, 2003) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
genthi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gethi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
geti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
githa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
goddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
goto	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
grishti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gune kauro	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
harvish	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
havish	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jotti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jung kinch	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanees	Other	Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
kaneez	Other	Marketing of Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)
kanis	Other	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009) High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
kat taruna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kath tarun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katt-thrudd	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattharudd	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katthrud	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katthrudd	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keerish	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khildri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khitha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kinch	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiris	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kondro	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
krees	Other	Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
kreth	Other	Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
kris	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kukurakgentha	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kunj calendi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kural	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kural/mithiari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuralm mithiari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
name	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
qains	Other	Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
qanis	Other	Med. Pl. & Consv. Status Pakistan (Razzaq et al., 2015)
qanris	Other	NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006)
reb	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
rhideme	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sakki	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
shingli mingli	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
shingli-mingli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
singli mingli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
singlimingli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tairu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarodd	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarul	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tarur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
temme	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tentur	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
thenjo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
time	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
vaaraahikanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
yam	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
藏山药	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
Root		Marketing of Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)
Fruit		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
Root		Med. Pl. & Consv. Status Pakistan (Razzaq et al., 2015)
rhizomes		Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
Rhizome	Dried rhizome	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
Rhizome		Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
Rhizome		NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006)
Tubers		Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
tubers		Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
tuber, leaves, rhizome		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tubers		Alpine Med. Pl. Trade, Himalaya (Smith Olsen & Overgaard Larsen, 2003)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dioscorea deltoidea var. orbiculata Prain & Burkill Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 14(1): 25 (1936).
Dioscorea nepalensis (Jacquem. ex Prain & Burkill) Sweet ex Bernardi Candollea 18: 258 (1963).
Tamus nepalensis Jacquem. ex Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 16 (1914).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea deltoidea	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Impact of Cult. of Med. Pl. on Biodiversity (Schippmann et al., 2002) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Med. Pl., Consv. & Livelihoods (Hamilton, 2004) NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006)
Dioscorea deltoidea Wall	Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
Dioscorea deltoidea Wall ex Griseb.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Dioscorea deltoidea Wall.	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009) Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
Dioscorea deltoidea Wall. Ex Griseb.	MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
Dioscorea deltoidea Wall. ex Griseb.	Alpine Med. Pl. Trade, Himalaya (Smith Olsen & Overgaard Larsen, 2003) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014) Med. Pl. & Consv. Status Pakistan (Razzaq et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017) 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 deltoidea Wall. ex Kunth	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Dioscorea deltoidea Wall. ex Kunth Krees	Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
Dioscorea deltoidea Wallich	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Dioscorea deltoidea Wallich ex Grisebach	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Dioscorea deltoidea Wallich ex Kunth	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999)
Dioscoria deltoides	Marketing of Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)

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