Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bunga sendayan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
guja	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kol-pullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
liten parasollsäv	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
menderong ekur tupai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nagarmothe	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
pacific island flat sedge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
padang sila	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rumput janggut baung	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rumput mesiyang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rumput tahi babi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
假香附	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
大香附子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
砖子苗	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 67 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cyperus umbellatus Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 1: 205 (1832), nom. illeg.
Kyllinga sumatrensis Retz. Observ. Bot. 4: 13 (1786).
Mariscus alternifolius Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 376 (1805).
Mariscus concinnus Schrad. ex Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 47 (1842).
Mariscus cyperoides (L.) Urb. Symb. Antill. 2: 164 (1900), nom. illeg.
Mariscus sieberianus Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 61 (1854).
Mariscus sumatrensis (Retz.) J.Raynal Adansonia, n.s., 15: 110 (1975).
Mariscus umbellatus Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 376 (1805), nom. superfl.
Cyperus biglumis C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 199 (1884).
Cyperus cylindrostachys var. subcompositus (C.B.Clarke) Skottsb. Acta Horti Gothob. 15: 300 (1944).
Cyperus cyperoides var. aureus Peter ex Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 517 (1936).
Cyperus cyperoides var. brevispicatus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 517 (1936).
Cyperus cyperoides var. clarkei (Turrill ex Craib) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 518 (1936).
Cyperus cyperoides var. evolutior (C.B.Clarke) Kük. Sinensia 3: 80 (1932).
Cyperus cyperoides var. khasianus (C.B.Clarke) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 518 (1936).
Cyperus cyperoides var. microstachys Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 518 (1936).
Cyperus cyperoides var. nossibeensis (Steud.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 517 (1936).
Cyperus cyperoides var. ovalis Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 518 (1936).
Cyperus cyperoides var. polyphyllus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 517 (1936).
Cyperus cyperoides var. repens Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 518 (1936).
Cyperus cyperoides var. subcompositus (C.B.Clarke) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 516 (1936).
Cyperus flexifolius Boeckeler ex Reinecke Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 586 (1898), nom. illeg.
Cyperus konkanensis T.Cooke Fl. Bombay 2: 874 (1908).
Cyperus linctus G.Forst. Fl. Ins. Austr.: 89 (1786), nom. nud.
Cyperus macrocarpus var. humbertii (Cherm.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 529 (1936).
Cyperus macrocarpus var. submacrocarpus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 528 (1936).
Cyperus manilensis Boeckeler ex Warb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 13: 264 (1890).
Cyperus sieberianus (Nees ex Steud.) K.Schum. Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 96 (1898), nom. illeg.
Cyperus steudelianus Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 382 (1870).
Cyperus subumbellatus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 523 (1936), nom. superfl.
Cyperus subumbellatus var. sessilispicatus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 525 (1936).
Cyperus subumbellatus var. subglobosus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 524 (1936).
Cyperus umbellatus (Rottb.) Benth. Fl. Hongk.: 386 (1861), nom. illeg.
Kyllinga biglumis (Gaertn.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 851 (1840).
Kyllinga umbellata Rottb. Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 15 (1773), nom. superfl.
Kyllinga umbellata var. sumatrensis (Retz.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 258 (1797).
Lipocarpha mangarevica H.St.John Pacific Pl. Stud. 43: 9 (1988).
Mariscus biglumis Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 12 (1788).
Mariscus clarkei Turrill ex Craib Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 422 (1912).
Mariscus concinnus var. evolutior (C.B.Clarke) Panigrahi in S.K.Murti & G.Panigrahi, Fl. Bilaspur Distr. 2: 699 (1999).
Mariscus concinnus var. khasianus (C.B.Clarke) Panigrahi in S.K.Murti & G.Panigrahi, Fl. Bilaspur Distr. 2: 699 (1999).
Mariscus concinnus var. subcompositus (C.B.Clarke) Panigrahi in S.K.Murti & G.Panigrahi, Fl. Bilaspur Distr. 2: 699 (1999).
Mariscus corymbosus Boeckeler Flora 41: 409 (1858).
Mariscus cyperoides var. capitatus Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 438 (1915).
Mariscus humbertii Cherm. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 303 (1919).
Mariscus linctus M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 364 (2009), not validly publ.
Mariscus linctus var. subcompositus (C.B.Clarke) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 365 (2009), not validly publ.
Mariscus nossibeensis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 63 (1854).
Mariscus pachystachyus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 65 (1854).
Mariscus philippensis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 66 (1854).
Mariscus polyphyllus Steud. Flora 25: 596 (1842), nom. illeg.
Mariscus quarrei Cherm. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 24: 294 (1934).
Mariscus sieberianus var. evolutior C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 622 (1893).
Mariscus sieberianus var. khasianus C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 623 (1893).
Mariscus sieberianus var. nossibeensis (Steud.) Cherm. Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 7: 55 (1919).
Mariscus sieberianus var. subcompositus C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 622 (1893).
Mariscus steudelianus (Boeckeler) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 40(Suppl.): 1457 (1970).
Mariscus sumatrensis var. evolutior (C.B.Clarke) Karthik. in S.Karthikeyan & al., Fl. Ind. Enum. - Monocot.: 64 (1989).
Mariscus sumatrensis var. khasianus (C.B.Clarke) Karthik. in S.Karthikeyan & al., Fl. Ind. Enum. - Monocot.: 64 (1989).
Mariscus sumatrensis var. microstachys (Kük.) L.K.Dai Higher Pl. China 12: 344 (2009).
Mariscus sumatrensis var. subcompositus (C.B.Clarke) Karthik. in S.Karthikeyan & al., Fl. Ind. Enum. - Monocot.: 64 (1989).
Mariscus umbellatus J.Presl & C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 181 (1828), nom. illeg.
Mariscus umbellatus var. evolutior (C.B.Clarke) E.G.Camus in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 7: 78 (1912).
Mariscus umbellatus var. microstachys (Kük.) Tang & F.T.Wang Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 181 (1961).
Mariscus umbellatus var. sieberianus E.G.Camus in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 7: 78 (1912).
Mariscus umbellatus var. subcompositus (C.B.Clarke) Tang & F.T.Wang Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 181 (1961).
Scirpus cyperoides L. Mant. Pl. 2: 181 (1771).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cyperus cypeoides	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cyperus cyperoides	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cyperus cyperoides (L.) Kuntze	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cyperus cyperoides (L.) O.Kuntze	Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999)
Cyperus cyperoides O.K.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cyperus umbellatus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Kyllinga sumatrensis Retz.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Mariscus alternifolius Vahl	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Mariscus concinnus Schrad. ex Nees	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Mariscus cyperoides (L.) Urb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Mariscus siberianus Nees	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mariscus sieberianus Nees.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Mariscus sumatrensis (Retz) T. Koyama	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Mariscus sumatrensis (Retz.) J.Raynal	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Mariscus sumatrensis (Retz.) T. Koyama	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Mariscus sumatrensis (Retz.) T.Koyama	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Mariscus sumatrensis (Retzius) T. Koyama	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Mariscus umbellatus Vahl	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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