Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cenchrus ciliaris 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:
aanjan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anjan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baiba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
buffel grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
capim-angola	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
dhaman	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhamanio	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kollukattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kusa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 38 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pennisetum cenchroides Rich. in C.H.Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 72 (1805), nom. superfl.
Cenchrus anjania Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 8649 B (1848), nom. nud.
Cenchrus bulbosus Fresen. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 317 (1840).
Cenchrus ciliaris var. anachoreticus (Chiov.) Pirotta Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 325 (1908 publ. 1907).
Cenchrus ciliaris subsp. ibrahimii Chrtek & Osb.-Kos. Acta Univ. Carol., Biol. 39: 99 (1996).
Cenchrus ciliaris f. intermedius (Chiov.) Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 326 (1908 publ. 1907).
Cenchrus ciliaris var. leptostachys (Leeke) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 1: 342 (1952).
Cenchrus ciliaris var. longisetosus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 346 (1898).
Cenchrus ciliaris var. nubicus Fig. & De Not. Agrost. Aegypt. Fragm. 2: 67 (1853).
Cenchrus ciliaris var. pallens (Leeke) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 1: 342 (1952).
Cenchrus ciliaris var. robustior Penz. Atti Congr. Bot. Int. Genova 1892: 366 (1893).
Cenchrus ciliaris var. villifer Fig. & De Not. Agrost. Aegypt. Fragm. 2: 68 (1853).
Cenchrus glaucus C.R.Mudaliar & Sundararaj J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 54: 926 (1957).
Cenchrus longifolius Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 109 (1854).
Cenchrus melanostachyus A.Camus Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 594 (1934).
Cenchrus mutabilis Wight ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 88 (1896), pro syn.
Cenchrus pennisetiformis var. intermedius Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 45 (1903 publ. 1902).
Cenchrus rufescens Desf. Fl. Atlant. 2: 388 (1799).
Pennisetum cenchroides var. echioides Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 88 (1896).
Pennisetum cenchroides var. hamphilahense N.Terracc. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 93 (1894).
Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link Hort. Berol. 1: 213 (1827).
Pennisetum ciliare var. anachoreticum Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 66 (1897).
Pennisetum ciliare var. leptostachya Leeke Z. Naturwiss. 79: 22 (1908).
Pennisetum ciliare var. leptostachys Leeke Z. Naturwiss. 79: 22 (1907).
Pennisetum ciliare var. pallens Leeke Z. Naturwiss. 79: 22 (1907).
Pennisetum ciliare var. robustior Penz. Atti Congr. Bot. Genova 1892: 366 (1892).
Pennisetum ciliare var. robustius Penz. Atti Congr. Bot. Int. Genova 1892: 366 (1893).
Pennisetum distylum Guss. Index Seminum (Boccadifalco) 1826: 8 (1826).
Pennisetum incomptum Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 105 (1854).
Pennisetum longifolium Fenzl ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 109 (1854), pro syn.
Pennisetum oxyphyllum Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 72 (1930).
Pennisetum pachycladum Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 215 (1907), orth. var.
Pennisetum panormitanum Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 3: 364 (1909).
Pennisetum petraeum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 106 (1854).
Pennisetum polycladum Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 167 (1896).
Pennisetum rangei Mez Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 190 (1921).
Pennisetum rufescens (Desf.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 302 (1824).
Pennisetum teneriffae Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 105 (1854).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cenchrus ciliaris	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cenchrus ciliaris L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pennisetum canchroides	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pennisetum cenchroides	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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