Plant Details

Accepted name:: Smallanthus sonchifolius (Poepp.) H.Rob. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aricoma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
batata-yacon	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
jiquimilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jícama	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
jíquima	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
llacón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
peruvian ground apple	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
poire de terre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
xuelianguo	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
yacon	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yacón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
雪莲果	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
root		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polymnia edulis Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 7: 114 (1857).
Polymnia sonchifolia Poepp. in E.F.Poeppig & S.L.Endlicher, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 47 (1843).
Silphium edule Baill. Hist. Pl. 8: 306 (1882).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Smallanthus sonchifolius	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Smallanthus sonchifolius (Poepp. & Endl.) H. Rob.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Smallanthus sonchifolius (Poepp. & Endl.) H.Rob.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009)
Smallanthus sonchifolius (Poepp.) H. Rob	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Smallanthus sonchifolius (Poepp.) H. Rob.	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Smallanthus sonchifolius (Poepp.) H.Rob.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Smallanthus sonchifolius (Poeppig & Engler) H. Robinson	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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