Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea nipponica
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Genus
- Dioscorea
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Common names
By language (4)
- Azerbaijani
- Nippon dioskoreyası
- Chinese
- 穿龍薯蕷, 穿龙薯蓣, 穿山龙, 山常山, 穿龙薯蓣（穿山龙薯蓣）, 穿山龙薯蓣, 穿龙骨, 柴黄姜
- Japanese
- 穿山龍
- Russian
- Диоскорея ниппонская
Synonyms
- Dioscorea acerifolia Uline ex Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea acerifolia var. rosthornii Diels
- Dioscorea giraldii R.Knuth
- Dioscorea nipponica f. jamesii (Prain & Burkill) Kitag.
- Dioscorea nipponica subsp. nipponica
- Dioscorea nipponica subsp. rosthornii (Diels) C.T.Ting
- Dioscorea nipponica var. jamesii Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea nipponica var. pubescens Nakai
- Dioscorea nipponica var. rosthornii (Diels) Prain & Burkill
Photos
Photo: Doronenko, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leonora, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Dioscorea
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- Chinese yamDioscorea polystachyaDioscoreaceae
- Lesser yamDioscorea esculentaDioscoreaceae
- Chinese yamDioscorea oppositifoliaDioscoreaceae
- Japanese yamDioscorea japonicaDioscoreaceae
- Fiveleaf yamDioscorea pentaphyllaDioscoreaceae
- Wild yamDioscorea villosaDioscoreaceae
- YamDioscorea hispidaDioscoreaceae
- Elephant's foot yamDioscorea elephantipesDioscoreaceae
- Yellow guinea yamDioscorea cayennensisDioscoreaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.