Plant Details

Accepted name:: Chrysopogon nigritanus (Benth.) Veldkamp [Poaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chrysopogon nigritanus whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
dachgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
enenge	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gencha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
marenge	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omanenge	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rungutji	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sivamba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vetiver	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|\|a-doa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Andropogon nigritanus Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 573 (1849).
Andropogon squarrosus var. nigritanus (Benth.) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 544 (1889).
Mandelorna insignis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 359 (1854).
Vetiveria nigritana (Benth.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 157 (1917).
Vetiveria zizanioides var. nigritana (Benth.) A.Camus Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 674 (1919).
Andropogon zizanioides var. nigritanus (Benth.) A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 721 (1920).
Chrysopogon zizanioides var. nigritana (Benth.) Roberty Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Sér. A, Sci. Nat. 22: 106 (1960).
Jardinea kibambeleensis Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 11: 140 (1920), nom. nud.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Andropogon nigritanus Benth.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Andropogon squarrosus L.f. nigritanus (Benth.)Hackel	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Chrysopogon nigritanus (Benth.) Veldkamp	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Mandelorna insignis Steudel	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Vetiveria nigritana (Benth.) Stapf	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Vetiveria nigritana (Benth.)Stapf	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Vetiveria nigritana Stapf.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Vetiveria zizanoides (L.)Nash nigritana (Benth.)A.Camus	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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