Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bisadi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
bush yam	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
forest yam	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
igname de brousse	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kisadi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
sadi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dioscorea angustiflora Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 39 (1899).
Dioscorea cayenensis var. praehensilis (Benth.) A.Chev. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 8: 537 (1936).
Dioscorea costermansiana De Wild. & T.Durand Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 52 (1900).
Dioscorea liebrechtsiana De Wild. & T.Durand Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 53 (1900).
Dioscorea odoratissima Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 146 (1892).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea praehensilis	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Dioscorea praehensilis Benth.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Dioscorea praehensils Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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