Plant Details

Accepted name:: Eragrostis gangetica (Roxb.) Steud. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ela kuru tana	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eragrostis cambessediana (Kunth) Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 269 (1854).
Eragrostis dakarensis A.Chev. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 470 (1948).
Eragrostis dayanandanii Ravich., Krishnan & N.P.Samson Kew Bull. 51: 155 (1996).
Eragrostis dumasiana A.Chev. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 472 (1948).
Eragrostis elegantula Nees ex Miq. Nieuwe Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Amsterdam, ser. 3, 4: 39 (1851).
Eragrostis flamignii De Wild. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 6: 63 (1919).
Eragrostis kalinaensis Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 11: 118 (1920), nom. provis.
Eragrostis ovina (A.Rich.) Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 268 (1854).
Eragrostis pumila A.Chev. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 472 (1948).
Eragrostis stenoclada J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 278 (1830).
Eragrostis stenophylla Hochst. ex Miq. Nieuwe Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Amsterdam, ser. 3, 4: 39 (1851).
Eragrostis vinicolor A.Chev. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 472 (1948).
Eragrostis vinicolor var. pallida A.Chev. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 472 (1948).
Eragrostis willdenowii Nees ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 565 (1840), pro syn.
Poa cambessediana Kunth Révis. Gramin. 2: 469 (1831).
Poa floribunda Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 345 (1824), pro syn.
Poa gangetica Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 341 (1820).
Poa ovina A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 428 (1850).
Poa stenoclada (J.Presl) Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 343 (1833).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eragrostis gangetica	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Eragrostis gangetica (Roxb.) Steud.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) 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)
Eragrostis gangetica Steudner	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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