Plant Details

Accepted name:: Eriocaulon setaceum L. [Eriocaulaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
penda	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
tsjeru-kotsjiletti-pullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
පෙඳ	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 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eriocaulon aquaticum Sagot ex Körn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(1): 498 (1863), not validly publ.
Eriocaulon bifistulosum Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. Observ. Bot. Descript. Pl. Nov. Herb. Van Heurckiani 1: 105 (1870).
Eriocaulon capillus-naiadis Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 6: 572 (1893).
Eriocaulon cauliferum Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 165 (1910).
Eriocaulon equisetoides P.Royen Blumea 10: 132 (1960).
Eriocaulon fluitans Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 277 (1883).
Eriocaulon intermedium Körn. Linnaea 27: 601 (1856).
Eriocaulon intermedium var. brevicaule Satake Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 26: 48 (1974).
Eriocaulon intermedium var. glabrum Satake Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 26: 49 (1974).
Eriocaulon limosum Engl. & Ruhland Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 74 (1899).
Eriocaulon melanocephalum subsp. usterianum (Beauverd) Beauverd ex Moldenke Phytologia 18: 301 (1969).
Eriocaulon schweinfurthii Engl. & Ruhland Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 74 (1899).
Eriocaulon setaceum var. capillus-naiadis (Hook.f.) Moldenke Phytologia 28: 101 (1974).
Eriocaulon usterianum Beauverd Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 284 (1908).
Lasiolepis aquatica (Sagot ex Körn.) Boeckeler Flora 56: 91 (1873).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eriocaulon setaceum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Eriocaulon setaceum L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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