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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Dioscorea sp

Common Name
Name Amarillo; Yam; Huang Yao Tzu; Shu Yu

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Arthritis Elsewhere *
Burn Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Carbuncle China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cardiotonic Elsewhere *
Poison Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Rheumatism Elsewhere *
Sore New Britain Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Tumor China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.