Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dioscorea oppositifolia 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:
aambaalio kanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
adavidumpathige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavidumpatige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adaviyatagathige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adaviyatagatige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adividumpatheega	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adiviyatagatige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aenna soora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alakamatitakkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alakamatitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlardraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlikaakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aretega	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aretegalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arethegalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aretige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arithige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
athyaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atyaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avatengategge	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avatengatige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avathengathige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bellaraai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bellarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bellare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bellaroy	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cencudumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chaikan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chenchudampa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chenchudumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinese potato	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
chinese yam	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese yam rhizome	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
choratogu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinnamon vine	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common yam	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common yam rhizome	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
dioscoreae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ennasara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganuga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gilandru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hakki genasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hiritala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
imsara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
inaasara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
inasara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
japanese mountain yam	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kaadu genasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanta-alu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karrapendalamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavala-kodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kavalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayvallikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
korean yam	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mar-paspoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruvallikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naarabadlu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagaimo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nagargyansur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neerabatte	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neerbatte	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirballe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirbatte	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirbatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
o	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paspoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
passpoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rhizoma dioscoreae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
sarpahya	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
sarpakhya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shan yao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shan yao teng	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shanyao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
shu ping	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shuyu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
shān yào	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shān yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shānyào	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
shǔ yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tabinere	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taveneve	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tella gadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaabi nere	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thabinera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thavai-kachchu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsuntsugadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varivalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varivallikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venil valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venilai valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
verrilaivalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verrilaivallikkilankukkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verrolaivalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vettilaivalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wáng yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yam	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
yamaimo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yella gadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yán cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ér cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
හිරිතල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
儿草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山药	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
山药藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山薬	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
山藥	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
延草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
淮山	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
王芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
薯蓣	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
薯蕷	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
零余子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rhizome	rhizome	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Tuber		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tuber starch		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rhizome, stem & leaf		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Roots		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 151 (1784).
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 30 (1914).
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 30 (1914).
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 30 (1914).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea oppo-sita Thunb.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Dioscorea opposita	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Dioscorea opposita Thunb.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Dioscorea opposita Thunberg	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Dioscorea oppositifolia	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Dioscorea oppositifolia L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) 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)
Dioscorea oppositifolia Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. oppositifolia	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Dioscorea oppossitifolia.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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