Plant Details

Accepted name:: Distimake tuberosus (L.) A.R.Simões & Staples [Convolvulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
brazilian jalap	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prasirini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rose de jéricho	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
wood rose	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
wood(en) rose	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ipomoea tuberosa L. Sp. Pl.: 160 (1753).
Merremia tuberosa (L.) Rendle in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 104 (1905).
Batatas tuberosa (L.) Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 226 (1837).
Convolvulus gossypifolius Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 107 (1819).
Convolvulus kentrocaulos Steud. ex Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 119 (1893).
Convolvulus macrocarpus Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 592 (1824), nom. superfl.
Convolvulus paniculatus Blanco Fl. Filip.: 96 (1837), nom. illeg.
Convolvulus tuberosus (L.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 591 (1824).
Ipomoea glaziovii Dammer Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 40 (1897).
Ipomoea mendesii Welw. Apont.: 584 (1859).
Ipomoea nuda Peter in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 31 (1891).
Ipomoea tuberosa var. oligantha Hassk. Retzia 1: 69 (1855).
Ipomoea tuberosa var. uniflora Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 362 (1845).
Operculina tuberosa (L.) Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 212 (1869).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Distimake tuberosus (L.) A.R.Simões & Staples	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Ipomoea tuberosa L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Merremia tuberosa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Merremia tuberosa (L.) Rendle	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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