Plant Details

Accepted name:: Arundo donax L. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
#aab	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
adavikikasa-gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavikikkasagaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavikikkasagadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baalada kaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baktusing	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bamboo reed	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
baranal	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhok	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bilee laalada kaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bus farisi	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
bus-hajni	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
cana-do-brejo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cana-do-reino	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
canne de provence	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
canno-do-reino	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
capim-plumoso	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
caravanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caria de castilla	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
carrizo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
caña común	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
caña de castilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
danubian reed	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dhamana	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
doka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
donax cane	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ghab	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
giant cane	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
giant reed	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
giant-reed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
grand roseau	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
great reed	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gén jié	Other	Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013)
honrkandma	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hulagilu hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hulugalagu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hulugila-hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hulugilu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hulugilu hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
italian reed	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
italienskt rör	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kaki veduru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasab	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
koraikkuccu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
korukachi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
korukkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuruvi-p-pul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laalada kaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lenrakut	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
manglong	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
naal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nala	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naldura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
narasal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narhal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narkat	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
narr	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nhyapan kathi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
paatuveduru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patu veduru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patuveduru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peepalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pfahlrohr	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
potagala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
provence cane	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
qalam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
rajal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
reed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
riessenschilf	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
riet	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sarah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spaanse riet	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
spaanse-riet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
spaansriet	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
spanish cane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spanish reed	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
spanish-reed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sunyamadhya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thagal	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tinta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
velam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild cane	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
καζάφι	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
καλαμιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
κανί	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
roots		Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013)
stem, whole plant		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
rhizomes		Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Root (Rhizome)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 37 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Donax arundinaceus P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: t. 16, f. 4 (1812).
Aira bengalensis (Retz.) J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis].: 174 (1791).
Amphidonax bengalensis (Retz.) Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 197 (1854).
Amphidonax bifaria Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 197 (1854), pro syn.
Arundo aegyptia Delile Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 4 (1813), nom. nud.
Arundo aegyptiaca E.Vilm. Fl. Pleine Terre, ed. 3: 984 (1870), pro syn.
Arundo bambusifolia Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 303 (1896).
Arundo bengalensis Retz. Observ. Bot. 5: 20 (1789).
Arundo bifaria Retz. Observ. Bot. 5: 21 (1789).
Arundo coleotricha (Hack.) Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 41: 14 (1927).
Arundo coleotricha var. barbigera Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 41: 14 (1927).
Arundo coleotricha var. versicolor (Mill.) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 100 (1812).
Arundo donax var. angustifolia Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 48 (1878).
Arundo donax var. barbigera (Honda) Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 265 (1941).
Arundo donax var. coleotricha Hack. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 724 (1899).
Arundo donax var. lanceolata Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 47 (1878).
Arundo donax var. procerior Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 75 (1829), nom. nud.
Arundo donax var. variegata Poit. & A.Vilm. Bon Jard. 1835: 485 (1835).
Arundo donax var. variegata Endl. Cat. Horti Vindob.: 37 (1842).
Arundo donax var. variegata E.Vilm. Fl. Pleine Terre: 90 (1863).
Arundo donax f. versicolor (Mill.) Beetle Phytologia 38: 174 (1978).
Arundo donax var. versicolor (Mill.) Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 115 (1789).
Arundo glauca Bubani Fl. Pyren. 4: 303 (1901), nom. illeg.
Arundo latifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 24 (1796), nom. superfl.
Arundo longifolia Salisb. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 303 (1896), pro syn.
Arundo sativa Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 616 (1779).
Arundo scriptoria L. Amoen. Acad. 4: 150 (1759), nom. nud.
Arundo triflora Roxb. Icon. Pict. Pl. Rar.: 853.
Arundo versicolor Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: n.° 3 (1768).
Cynodon donax (L.) Raspail Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 302 (1825).
Donax bengalensis (Retz.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 78 (1812).
Donax bifarius (Retz.) Trin. ex Spreng. Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 2: 73 (1821).
Donax donax (L.) Asch. & Graebn. Fl. Nordostdeut. Flachl.: 101 (1898), not validly publ.
Donax sativus C.Presl Gram. Sicul.: 16 (1818).
Donax versicolor (Mill.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: t. 16, f. 5 (1812).
Scolochloa arundinacea (P.Beauv.) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 539 (1823), nom. superfl.
Scolochloa donax (L.) Gaudin Fl. Helv. 1: 202 (1828).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arundo donax	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Arundo donax L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants and Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Arundo donax Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Donax arundinacea auct. non Lour.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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