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Descriptor English: Pachyrhizus
Descriptor Spanish: Pachyrhizus
Descriptor Pachyrhizus
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia FABACEAE. Algunos Pachyrhizus se han reclasificado a PUERARIA. No confundir con el ñame (IPOMOEA o DIOSCOREA) o el haba del ñame africano (SPHENOSTYLIS).
Descriptor Portuguese: Pachyrhizus
Descriptor French: Pachyrhizus
Entry term(s): Bean, Yam
Beans, Yam
Jicama
Jicamas
Pachyrhizus erosus
Pachyrhizus tuberosus
Yam Bean
Yam Beans
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.401.611
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D029905
Scope note: A plant genus of the family FABACEAE. Some Pachyrhizus have been reclassified to PUERARIA. Do not confuse with yam (IPOMOEA; or DIOSCOREA) or African yam bean (SPHENOSTYLIS).
Annotation: PACHYRHIZUS THUNBERGIANUS see PUERARIA; YAM see DIOSCOREA; YAM BEAN, AFRICAN see SPHENOSTYLIS; PSEUDO-YAM see IPOMOEA BATATAS
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2002
History Note: 2002
DeCS ID: 35829
Unique ID: D029905
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Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Pachyrhizus - Preferred
Concept UI M0385483
Scope note A plant genus of the family FABACEAE. Some Pachyrhizus have been reclassified to PUERARIA. Do not confuse with yam (IPOMOEA; or DIOSCOREA) or African yam bean (SPHENOSTYLIS).
Preferred term Pachyrhizus
Pachyrhizus tuberosus - Narrower
Concept UI M0385484
Preferred term Pachyrhizus tuberosus
Entry term(s) Bean, Yam
Beans, Yam
Jicama
Jicamas
Yam Bean
Yam Beans
Pachyrhizus erosus - Narrower
Concept UI M0385485
Preferred term Pachyrhizus erosus



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