Plant Details

Accepted name:: Coix aquatica Roxb. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
garmotika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Coix gigantea J.Koenig ex Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 570 (1832), nom. illeg.
Coix gigantea subsp. aquatica (Roxb.) Bhattacharya in S.Moulik, Grasses & Bamboos India 1: 175 (1996).
Coix gigantea var. aquatica (Roxb.) Watt Agric. Ledger 13: 198 (1905).
Coix lacryma-jobi f. aquatica (Roxb.) Backer Handb. Fl. Java 2: 33 (1928).
Coix lingulata Hack. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 41: 5 (1891).
Coix poilanei Mimeur Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 31: 199 (1951).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Coix aquatica	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Coix aquatica Roxb.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Coix gigantea Koenig ex Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Coix gigantea Roxb.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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