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Non-scientific name:

sedge

3 Accepted name(s) for "sedge":

Accepted name
Cyperus digitatus Roxb.
Cyperus esculentus L.
Scleria sumatrensis Retz.

2 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Drug form: Plant parts:
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Cyperus digitatus Roxb. Cyperus digitatus Roxb. Cyperus digitatus Roxb.
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Cyperus esculentus L. Cyperus esculentus L. Cyperus esculentus L.
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Scleria sumatrensis Scleria sumatrensis Retz. Scleria sumatrensis Retz.

31 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "sedge":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
!han Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
!hanni Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chimbwe-chimbwe Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chufa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
earth almond Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
edible galingale Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
eefinde Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
geeluintjie Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
geeluitjie Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hoenderuintjie Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hoenderuitjie Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
indawo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
inqoba Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
inqodi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
insikane Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jekejeke Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nhokwe Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nut grass Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ofinde Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
okatjako Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
patrysuitjie Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pfende Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sialat Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
souchet comestible Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
souchet sultan Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tchetsa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tiger nut Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uintjie Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
water grass Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yellow nut grass Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yellow nutsedge Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)