Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Dioscorea alata
Scientific Name and Description
Dioscorea alata L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Dioscorea globosa ROXB. ET. PRAIN
Dioscorea purpurea ROXB.
Dioscorea rubella L.
Dioscorea atropurpurea Roxb.
Dioscorea colocasiifolia Pax
Dioscorea eburina Lour.
Dioscorea eburnea Lour.
Dioscorea globosa Roxb.
Dioscorea javanica Queva
Dioscorea purpurea Roxb.
Dioscorea rubella Roxb.
Dioscorea sapinii De Wild.
Dioscorea sativa Munro
Dioscorea vulgaris Miq.
Elephantodon eburnea (Lour.) Salisb.
Polynome alata (L.) Salisb.
Dioscorea purpurea ROXB.
Dioscorea rubella L.
Dioscorea atropurpurea Roxb.
Dioscorea colocasiifolia Pax
Dioscorea eburina Lour.
Dioscorea eburnea Lour.
Dioscorea globosa Roxb.
Dioscorea javanica Queva
Dioscorea purpurea Roxb.
Dioscorea rubella Roxb.
Dioscorea sapinii De Wild.
Dioscorea sativa Munro
Dioscorea vulgaris Miq.
Elephantodon eburnea (Lour.) Salisb.
Polynome alata (L.) Salisb.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | guyana arrow-root, water yam, white yam |
| Hindi | chipri-alu, chupri alu, kada kanda, kada-kanda, khamalu, ratalu |
| Kannada | dandaanu, dappa genasu, hennu genasu, mudigenasu, noorele genasu, shigenasu, thoona genasu, tuna genasu, tuna-genasu, tunakereng |
| Malayalam | kaccil, kacil, katsjikelengu, katsjil-kelengu, kavattu, peruvallikkilannu, peruvallikkizhannu |
| Marathi | chinem, chipari-aalu, goradu, khanphal, pindaalu, ratalu |
| Sanskrit | alukam, dandalu, kandaka, kasthaluka, pinda, pindaka, pindalu, pindaluh, raktalu, raktaluka, tambulaparnakanda, varahakanda |
| Tamil | amalam1, aranpiracatanam, cevvalli, cevvalli-k-koti, cevvalli1, cevvallikkoti, ceyvallikkilanku, chev-vallik-kodi, cirakavalli, civani,civappuvalli, gunapendalam, irattavalli, iyamkilanku, kalekavannam, kappa-kavali, kappan kaccil, kayavalli, kayvalli, mullu valli, mullu-valli, palakucantanam, perumvallikilanku, piravannam, pitacaram , pitavannam, pitavarnam, pittapanturu, pottukkarivalli, putuccerivalli, putuccerivallikkilanku, siru-valli, siruvalli, taurikavalli, tiriciyam1, tiritiyam, tiritiyavallikkilanku, tiriyam, tirttamati, utukkaikkoti, valli, valliyam , vettilai-valli |
| Telugu | daeshavaali pendalam, deshavalipendalamu, dukka pendalam, gadimidondapendalam, gadimidondapendalamu, gadinidonda pendalamu, guna pendalamu, gunapendalamu, kavili-gadda, naarathega, nelavupandalum, niluvapendalamu, niluvu pendalam, niluvupendalam, pendalam, pendalamu, yadduthoka dumpa |
| Common Names | purple yam, winged yam, Water yam , Chinese yam, greater yam, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Root tuber
Stem
Bulb
Ethnopharmacology use
Dioscorea alata L. Bellam gadda Dioscoreaceae Tuber Aphrodisiac
Dioscorea alata L.
Habit -Climber
Parts used -Tuber, bulb
Application -Aphrodisiac; piles; gonorrhea; leprosy; postpartum health; laxative; vermifuge; gastritis; symptoms of mouth cancer
Treatment -General; women
References -Bhuvaneswari et al. 2015, Sheikh et al. 2013, Sreeramulu et al. 2013
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Bhuvaneswari et al. 2015
Sheikh et al. 2013
Sreeramulu et al. 2013
Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons) Author - Ed B D Sharma, S Karthikeyan, N P Singh
The Flora of the Palni Hills Vol-3 Author - K.M. Matthew
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Dioscorea alata. (2024, June 19). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioscorea_alata