Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ramba	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
රඹ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cyperus canescens Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 355 (1805).
Mariscus albescens Gaudich. Voy. Uranie: 415 (1829).
Mariscus javanicus (Houtt.) Merr. & F.P.Metcalf Lingnan Sci. J. 21: 4 (1945), nom. illeg.
Cyperus anomalus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 37 (1854).
Cyperus caricifolius Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy.: 99 (1832).
Cyperus firmus J.Presl & C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 171 (1828).
Cyperus fucatus Boeckeler Flora 65: 13 (1882).
Cyperus holciflorus J.Presl & C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 173 (1828).
Cyperus macreilema Steud. ex Jard. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 4: 10 (1856).
Cyperus ovatus Llanos Fragm. Pl. Filip.: 15 (1851), nom. illeg.
Cyperus owahuensis Nees in F.J.F.Meyen, Observ. Bot. 2: 119 (1843).
Cyperus parviflorus Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 352 (1805).
Cyperus pennatus Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 144 (1791).
Cyperus pinnatus A.Rich. in J.S.C.Dumont d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe 2: vii (1834).
Cyperus spongiosocoriaceus Boeckeler Flora 42: 441 (1859).
Cyperus stigmatosus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 38 (1854).
Cyperus stuppeus G.Forst. Fl. Ins. Austr.: 89 (1786).
Cyperus taitensis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 37 (1854).
Cyperus tongatabuensis Boeckeler Flora 58: 85 (1875).
Cyperus valdiviae Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 45 (1854).
Duval-jouvea pennata (Lam.) Palla Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 84: 453 (1909).
Mariscus pennatus (Lam.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 440 (1915).
Mariscus stuppeus (G.Forst.) Merr. Philipp. J. Sci., C 3: 398 (1909).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cyperus canescens Vahl	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Cyperus javanicus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Cyperus javanicus Houtt.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Mariscus albescens Gaud.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Mariscus javanicus (Houtt.) Merr. & F.P.Metcalf	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Mariscus javanicus (Houtt.) Merr. & Metcalfe	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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