Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Dioscorea esculenta
Scientific Name and Description
Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common names | lesser yam, Chinese yam |
| Hindi | Giring |
| Bengali | Alu |
Plants Medicinal Value
Herb usable parts
Root tuber
Ethnopharmacology use
Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill
Habit -Climber
Parts used -Tuber
Application -Retention of urine
Treatment -General
References -Bhuvaneswari et al. 2015
References
Literature
Literature
Bhuvaneswari et al. 2015
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Citations
Herb citations
Dioscorea esculenta. (2024, June 19). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioscorea_esculenta