Botanical identity
This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.
KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderDioscoreales
FamilyDioscoreaceae
GenusDioscorea
Scientific name with authorshipDioscorea hispida Dennst.
Indexed scientific synonyms
Dioscorea daemona Roxb.Dioscorea daemona subsp. reticulata Hook.f.Dioscorea daemona var. reticulata Hook.f.Dioscorea hirsuta BlumeDioscorea hispida subsp. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & BurkillDioscorea hispida subsp. reticulata (Hook.f.) SanjappaDioscorea hispida var. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & BurkillDioscorea hispida var. mollissima (Blume) Prain & BurkillDioscorea hispida var. neoscaphoides Prain & BurkillDioscorea hispida var. scaphoides Prain & BurkillDioscorea lunata B.HeyneDioscorea lunata B.Heyne ex RothDioscorea mollissima BlumeDioscorea triphylla subsp. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & BurkillDioscorea triphylla subsp. mollissima (Blume) Prain & BurkillDioscorea triphylla subsp. reticulata (Hook.f.) Prain & BurkillDioscorea triphylla var. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & BurkillDioscorea triphylla var. mollissima (Blume) Prain & BurkillDioscorea virosa Wall. ex Klotzsch & GarckeHelmia daemona (Roxb.) KunthHelmia hirsuta (Blume) Kunth
Documented use categories
Medicine
Human food
Gene source
Invertebrate food
Material
Poison reported
Crop wild relative
These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.
How to interpret this record
Evidence boundary
A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.
Safety boundary
Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.
Dataset record and provenance
DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier318077-1
Use codesGS HF IF MA ME PO
Crop wild relativeYes
Contributing checklist sources
Kew Economic Botany CollectionUSDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2Useful Plants of New GuineaPlant Resources of South-East Asia
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!Educational index, not a treatment recommendation
The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.