Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cyperus longus L. [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Cyperus longus subsp. badius (Desf.) Bonnier & Layens

Cyperus longus subsp. longus

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!omn'\|ai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
!um'mn\|ai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
adrupe	Other	Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015)
albafor	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dammag	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dooiwortel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
galingale	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
gemeines zypergras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hohes zypergras	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
indawo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
juncia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
juncia larga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
juncia loca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
juncia olorosa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
langes zypergras	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mlabie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
onenge	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
soa’id	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
sood	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
souchet odorant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sweet cyperus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sweet galingale	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
waterbiesie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
جلنجل	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
سعد	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
سعيد	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Root		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Whole plant		Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015)
rhizomes		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pycreus longus (L.) Hayek Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(3): 146 (1932).
Chlorocyperus longus (L.) Palla Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 6: 201 (1900).
Eucyperus longus (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 longus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Cyperus longus L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pycreus longus (L.)Hayek	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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