Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cyperus bulbosus Vahl [Cyperaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arak-ghas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhadra mushte	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gaddi-kans	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moth	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
motha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poora gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puri-dumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puri-gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shilandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cyperus bulbifer A.Dietr. Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 2: 324 (1833).
Cyperus bulbosus f. depauperatus Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 33: 89 (1942).
Cyperus bulbosus var. elatior Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 126 (1935).
Cyperus bulbosus var. melanolepis Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 127 (1935).
Cyperus geminatus J.Koenig ex Ainslie Mat. Med. Hind.: 250 (1813).
Cyperus jeminicus Retz. Observ. Bot. 4: 11 (1786), nom. illeg.
Cyperus laxus R.Br. in H.Salt, Voy. Abyss., App.: lxii (1814), nom. illeg.
Cyperus oleraceus Roxb. ex Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 81 (1834).
Cyperus polyphyllus Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 317 (1805).
Cyperus rotundus var. pendulus Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 82 (1834).
Cyperus stolonifer Willd. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 59 (1837), pro syn.
Cyperus subulatus var. confertus Benth. Fl. Austral. 7: 281 (1878).
Cyperus yemenicus Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 221 (1824).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cyperus bulbosus	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cyperus bulbosus Vahl	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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