Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cyperus alternifolius L. [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Cyperus alternifolius subsp. alternifolius

Cyperus alternifolius subsp. textilis (Thunb.) Verloove

Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kük.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african umbrella plant	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
paraguas del japon	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
rusiga payung	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
umbrella papyrus	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
umbrella plant	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
umbrella sedge	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cyperus frondosus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 30 (1796), nom. superfl.
Eucyperus alternifolius (L.) Rikli Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 568 (1895).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cyperus alternifolius	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Cyperus alternifolius L.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cyperus alternifolius Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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