Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Dioscorea hispida
Scientific Name and Description
Dioscorea hispida DENNST.
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Dioscorea daemona ROXB.
Dioscorea hirsuta DENNST.
Dioscorea triphylla L.
Dioscorea hirsuta DENNST.
Dioscorea triphylla L.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common names | gaden yam, Chinese yam, Bulrush yam .Cluster yam .Gadung, Indian three-leaved yam, |
| Hindi | Ganth, Kand |
| Bengali | Alu |
| Tamil | Vazhakachuvalai, kavalakodi, pei-perendai, periperendai |
| Telugu | Gajjana, kolli, pedda anem, pedumpa, pulidumpa, tandrabisalatige, tellaagini-geddalu, thandrabisalathige |
| Malayalam | Kumizh , podava-kelengu |
| Marathi | karodi |
| Sanskrit | hastyaluka |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Folk
Herb usable parts
Root tuber
Bulb
Ethnopharmacology use
Dioscorea hispida Dennst.
Habit -Climber
Parts used -Bulb, tuber
Application -Debility; wound
Treatment -General
References -Kosalge and Fursule 2009, Udayan et al. 2007
References
Literature
Literature
Udayan et al. 2007
Kosalge and Fursule 2009
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 2 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons) Author - Ed B D Sharma, S Karthikeyan, N P Singh
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Citations
Herb citations
Dioscorea hispida. (2024, June 19). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioscorea_hispida