Plant Details

Accepted name:: Arundo donax L. [Poaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
#aab	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, 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)
alo-kyu	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
ama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arundo donax whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
baalada kaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baktusing	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bamboo reed	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, 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	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bilee laalada kaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bus farisi	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
bus-hajni	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
cana-do-brejo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cana-do-reino	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
canne de provence	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
canno-do-reino	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
capim-plumoso	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
caravanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caria de castilla	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
carrizo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
caña común	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
caña de castilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
danubian reed	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dhamana	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
doka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
donax cane	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ghab	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
giant cane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
giant reed	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
giant-bambooreed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
giant-reed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
grand roseau	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
great reed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gén jié	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
honrkandma	Other	Pl. & 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	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
italienskt rör	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
kaki veduru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasab	Other	Med. Pl. 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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kuruvi-p-pul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kyu	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kyu-ma	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
laalada kaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lenrakut	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
l’guseb	Other	Med. Roots Collected & Traded, Morocco (Ouarghidi et al., 2013)
mai-aw-awn	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
maiaw	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
manglong	Other	Pl. & 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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
naldura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nana cane	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
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 (RBG, Kew, 1999)
narasal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narhal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narkat	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
narr	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nhyapan kathi	Other	Pl. & 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
potagala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
potgala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
provence cane	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
provence reed	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
qalam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
rajal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
reed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
riessenschilf	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
riet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sarah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shuunyamadhya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
spaanse riet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
spaanse-riet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
spaansriet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
spanish cane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spanish reed	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
spanish-reed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
spanishbamboo-reed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sunyamadhya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
switch cane	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
tabashir ghalam	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
thagal	Other	Pl. & 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)
قصيب‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
‫بوص فارسي	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
芦竹	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芦竹根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芦竹沥	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芦竹笋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
roots		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
stem, whole plant		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Leave, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
rhizome, leaves, flower, root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root		Med. Roots Collected & Traded, Morocco (Ouarghidi et al., 2013)
latex		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
rhizomes		Med. Pl. 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 Hortus 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sardinian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sicilian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) Med. Roots Collected & Traded, Morocco (Ouarghidi et al., 2013) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Arundo donax Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Arundo donax Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Arundo donax Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Donax arundinacea auct. non Lour.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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