Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth) T.Durand & Schinz [Dioscoreaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ilabatheka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
inchoolo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ingcolo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ingxolo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isidakwa	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isithundlathundla	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
marede a poo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ndiyaza	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
udakwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
undiyaza	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild yam	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wildejam	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Helmia dregeana Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 437 (1850).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea dregeana	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth) T. Durand & Schinz	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth) T.Durand & Schinz	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth) Th. Dur. & Schinz	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth)T.Durand & Schinz	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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