Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cymbopogon ambiguus (Hack.) A.Camus [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
djerp	Other	Noongar Bush Med., W Australia (Hansen & Horsfall, 2016)
kalpapi	Other	Noongar Bush Med., W Australia (Hansen & Horsfall, 2016)
khavi	Other	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
lemon grass	Other	Noongar Bush Med., W Australia (Hansen & Horsfall, 2016)
malhanggaa mathanguru	Other	Noongar Bush Med., W Australia (Hansen & Horsfall, 2016)
scent grass	Other	Noongar Bush Med., W Australia (Hansen & Horsfall, 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, stems, roots		Noongar Bush Med., W Australia (Hansen & Horsfall, 2016)
Leaves, roots		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Andropogon ambiguus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 385 (1854), nom. illeg.
Andropogon exaltatus var. ambiguus Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 596 (1889).
Andropogon spectabilis F.Muell. ex Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 597 (1889), pro syn.
Cymbopogon exaltatus var. ambiguus (Hack.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 273 (1915).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cymbopogon ambiguous (Hack.) A.Camus	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Cymbopogon ambiguus (Hack.) A.Camus	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cymbopogon ambiguus A. Camus	Noongar Bush Med., W Australia (Hansen & Horsfall, 2016) Trad. Aboriginal Meds in N Territory (Barr et al., 1993)
Cymbopogon ambiguus A.Camus	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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