Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dioscorea nipponica Makino [Dioscoreaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Dioscorea nipponica subsp. nipponica

Dioscorea nipponica subsp. rosthornii (Diels) C.T.Ting

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
buchaema	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
capsulae extractum dioscoreae anthaicae seu nipponicae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
chuan long shu yu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chuan shan long	Other	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
chuanshanlong	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
di'ao xinxuekang capsules	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
di'ao xinxuekang jiaonang	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
dioscoreae nipponicae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
extractum dioscoreae anthaicae seu nipponicae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
japansk jams	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nippon yam rhizome	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rhizoma dioscoreae nipponicae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
yellow yam extract	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
穿山龙	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rhizome		Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea Nipponica	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Dioscorea nipponica	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005)
Dioscorea nipponica Makino	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) 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 nipponica Makino.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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