Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urb. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bangkowang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bengkowang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bengkuang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bengkuwang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
besusu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dì guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dì luó bǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dòu shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gé guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jicama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jícama	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
liáng guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
liáng shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
man-kaeo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mengkuwang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mexican turnip	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pois batate	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
potato-bean	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sankalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sengkuang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sengkuwang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shā gé	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
singkong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sinkamas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
wayaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yam bean	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yam-bean	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yoka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
凉瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
凉薯	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
地瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
地萝卜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
沙葛	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
葛瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豆薯	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root tuber, tuberous root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dolichos bulbosus L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1020 (1763), nom. superfl.
Dolichos erosus L. Sp. Pl.: 726 (1753).
Pachyrhizus angulatus Rich. ex DC. Prodr. 2: 402 (1825), nom. superfl.
Pachyrhizus bulbosus Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 45: 246 (1876), nom. superfl.
Pachyrhizus palmatilobus (DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 310 (1880).
Pachyrhizus trilobus DC. Prodr. 2: 402 (1825).
Cacara erosa (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 165 (1891).
Cacara palmatiloba (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 165 (1891).
Dolichos articulatus Lam. Encycl. 2: 296 (1786).
Dolichos mammosus Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 13 (1790), nom. nud.
Dolichos palmatilobus DC. Prodr. 2: 399 (1825).
Dolichos trilobus Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 535 (1790), nom. illeg.
Pachyrhizus angulatus f. integrifolius Wawra Flora 47: 243 (1864).
Pachyrhizus articulatus Duchass. ex Walp. Flora 36: 226 (1853).
Pachyrhizus erosus var. palmatilobus (DC.) R.T.Clausen Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem. 264: 13 (1944).
Pachyrhizus erosus var. typicus R.T.Clausen Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem. 264: 13 (1944), not validly publ.
Pachyrhizus jicamas Blanco Fl. Filip.: 579 (1837).
Pachyrhizus strigosus R.T.Clausen Mem. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. 264: 17 (1945).
Phaseolus tuberosus Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 434 (1790).
Robynsia lobata M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 194 (1843).
Robynsia macrophylla M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 193 (1843).
Stizolobium bulbosum Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 252 (1826), nom. superfl.
Stizolobium domingense Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 252 (1826), nom. superfl.
Taeniocarpum articulatum Desv. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 9: 421 (1826).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dolichos bulbosus L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Dolichos erosus L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pachyrhizus erosus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urb.	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urban	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pachyrhizus erosus (Linn.) Urban.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pachyrrhizus angulatus DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Pachyrrhizus angulatus Rich.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pachyrrhizus bulbosus Kurz.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pachyrrhizus erosu (L.) Urban	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pachyrrhizus erosus	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pachyrrhizus erosus (L.) Urb.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Pachyrrhizus erosus Urban	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pachyrrhizus erosus Urban.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pachyrrhizus palmatilobus Bentham et Hooker	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pachyrrhizus trilobus DC.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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