Plant Details

Accepted name:: Fuirena umbellata Rottb. [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
palu thana	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
පලු තණ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 31 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Fuirena appendiculata Peter Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Phys.-Math. Kl., n.f., 13(2): 32 (1928).
Fuirena brachylepis Peter Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Phys.-Math. Kl., n.f., 13(2): 50 (1928).
Fuirena brasiliensis Palla Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 168 (1908), nom. illeg.
Fuirena brasiliensis Raddi Atti Reale Accad. Lucchese Sci. 2: 337 (1823).
Fuirena canescens Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 385 (1805).
Fuirena capitata Willd. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 186 (1837).
Fuirena complotricha C.Wright Fl. Cub.: 177 (1871).
Fuirena glomerata Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 150 (1791).
Fuirena guianensis Klotzsch in M.R.Schomburgk, Reis. Br.-Guiana: 895 (1849).
Fuirena haemaglottis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 126 (1855).
Fuirena hildebrandtii Boeckeler Flora 65: 15 (1882).
Fuirena mahouxii Cherm. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 264 (1934).
Fuirena mauritiana Nees ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 186 (1837).
Fuirena mauritiana var. angustifolia Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 186 (1837).
Fuirena multiflora Peter Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Phys.-Math. Kl., n.f., 13(2): 50 (1928).
Fuirena paniculata L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 105 (1782).
Fuirena pentagona Wight & Arn. ex Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 93 (1834), nom. illeg.
Fuirena pentagona Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 42 (1827).
Fuirena philippinensis Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 297 (1919 publ. 1920).
Fuirena quinguangularis Hassk. Flora 25(2 Beibl.): 3 (1842).
Fuirena rivularis Nees Linnaea 9: 288 (1834), not validly publ.
Fuirena seriata C.B.Clarke Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 28 (1907).
Fuirena tereticulmis J.Presl & C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 186 (1828).
Fuirena thouarsiana Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 186 (1837).
Fuirena umbellata var. americana H.Pfeiff. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 204 (1933).
Fuirena umbellata var. pilosa Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 467 (1915).
Fuirena umbellata var. typica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 467 (1915), not validly publ.
Fuirena umbellata var. unguiculata Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 200 (1926).
Scirpus fuirena T.Koyama J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 7: 361 (1958).
Scirpus rivularis D.Don. ex Nees Linnaea 9: 288 (1834), not validly publ.
Scirpus umbellatus (Rottb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 337 (1898).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Fuirena umbellata	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Fuirena umbellata Rottb.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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