protologue: Enum. Pl. 5: 384 (1850)
2 344965 Dioscorea pyrifolia KunthFl. Males., vol. 4 : p. 300, fig. 4 d (1948-1954)
2 344965 Dioscorea pyrifolia KunthH.N. Ridley, Fl. Malay Penins., vol. 4 (Monocotyledones, pp. 1-383): p. 316 (1924) [J. Hutchinson]
2 344965 Dioscorea pyrifolia KunthK. Watanabe, Ill. Useful Pl. South. Reg., vol. 2(1): (Edible plants): t. 586 (1945)