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Dioscoreae Nipponicae Rhizoma (Dioscorea nipponica Makino) and Dioscoreae Quinquelobatae Rhizoma (Dioscorea quinquelobata Thunb.) are perennial rhizome plants, which belong to Dioscoreaceae family and Dioscorea genus has been used widely in Korean herbal medicines. Its herbological effects were registered in ‘The dictionary of Chinese crude drugs’ and some pharmacopoeias. In this report, characteristics of chemical and morphological keys between D. nipponica and D. quinquelobata were provided. For future study of D. nipponica and D. quinquelobata, this study will be required of more analytical studies about different location, seasonal collection, commercial collection, and microscopy.