Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!naba#hara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
!nobo#ga.i	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
#hara #gai \|gâ.b	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
akaududu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ari#ga.i	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
asabi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ausdenan	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bahma	Other	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass Province, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
bunite	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chicken foot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
coast grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
comb fringe grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
combfringe grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common crow foot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common crowfoot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
crow foot grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
crow's foot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
crow's foot grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
crow-foot grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
crowfoot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
crowfoot grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
didok-chi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
dog-foot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
duck grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
durban crow foot grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
durban lawn grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
egyptian finger grass	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
egyptian finger-grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
egyptian grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
ekahuduhudu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekauduudu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
em bugai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
embokwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
emekwi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
empokui	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
enguruma-ondaritik	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
enkampa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ensili	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gewöhnliches schirmgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gingara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gitiko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gude-gude	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hidow	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hidowensili	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hoenderspoor	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hé běn kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
iguko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ipatândia	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ithungo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jarba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kaadu raagi hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu ragi hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavara-pullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavarapullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kimbugimbugi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kisambara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
konana thale hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koreib	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kumokon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurtu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kutukku	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
laburaun	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
laparaan	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lourenço marques grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lóng zhǎo máo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lóng zhǎo máo shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maasai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
magala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makaraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
makari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
makaro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makwala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
manchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
markatahastatrna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
markatatrna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matankappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mattankayppul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mkandi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mokono	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mukinda	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muncho	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutankali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutankalippul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muttengapillu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
myet-lay-gwa	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
namgari	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
natalkweek	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nela raagi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nompandi do nhuhwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nrityakaundaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nrttakoundaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ntalanwen	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nyaragita	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oetiko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
panchaanguli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pata de polls	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pato de galls	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
porori aja	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
potu thana	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
purakappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadeho	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
schirmgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
small crow-foot grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
small crowfoot grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
starfish grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
takraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
takraahvaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
takrahva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
timidaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
timira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ukuku	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umm	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ungwengwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
utiko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vasira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
\|naba#hara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|uru \|gâ.b	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
禾本科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
龙爪茅	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
龙爪茅属	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed, whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Seed		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Whole plant, seeds		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 34 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chloris mucronata Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 59 (1803).
Cynosurus aegyptius L. Sp. Pl.: 72 (1753).
Dactyloctenium aegyptiacum Willd. Enum. Pl.: 1029 (1809), orth. var.
Dactyloctenium mucronatum (Michx.) Willd. Enum. Pl.: 1029 (1809).
Eleusine aegyptia (L.) Forsyth f. Bot. Nomencl.: 70 (1794).
Aegilops saccharina Walter Fl. Carol.: 249 (1788).
Cenchrus aegyptius P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 157 (1812), pro syn.
Cenchrus mucronatus Pers. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 172 (1821), pro syn.
Chloris guineensis Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 55 (1827).
Chloris prostrata (Willd.) Poir. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15. 2: 610 (1817).
Ctenium nukaviense Steud. Essai Fl. Marquises: 27 (1858), nom. nud.
Cynosurus aegyptiacus Link Handbuch 1: 23 (1829), pro syn.
Cynosurus carolinianus Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 465 (1840), nom. nud.
Cynosurus cavara Dillwyn Rev. Hortus Malab.: 61 (1839), nom. nud.
Cynosurus ciliaris Rottler ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 296 (1896), not validly publ.
Cynosurus distachyos Rottler ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 465 (1840), pro syn.
Cynosurus macara Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 3818 C (1831), nom. nud.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium var. mucronatum (Michx.) Schweinf. Bull. Herb. Boissier 3(App. 2): 34 (1894).
Dactyloctenium aegyptium f. viviparum Beetle Phytologia 48: 190 (1981).
Dactyloctenium ciliare Chiov. Fl. Somala 1: 337 (1929), nom. nud.
Dactyloctenium distachyum Trin. Fund. Agrost.: 140 (1820), nom. nud.
Dactyloctenium figarei De Not. Index Seminum (GE, Genuensis) 1847: 27 (1847).
Dactyloctenium meridionale Ham. Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 6 (1825).
Dactyloctenium mpuetense De Wild. Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 206 (1906).
Dactyloctenium mucronatum var. erectum E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 144 (1886).
Dactyloctenium prostratum Willd. Enum. Pl.: 1029 (1809).
Eleusine ciliata Raf. J. Bot. Agric. 4: 273 (1815), nom. nud.
Eleusine cruciata Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 176 (1816), nom. illeg.
Eleusine cruciata Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 203 (1792), nom. superfl.
Eleusine egyptia Raf. Précis Découv. Somiol.: 45 (1814), orth. var.
Eleusine pectinata Moench Suppl. Meth.: 68 (1802), nom. superfl.
Eleusine prostrata Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 350 (1824).
Rabdochloa mucronata (Michx.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 84 (1812).
Syntherisma aegyptiaca Schult. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 656 (1841), pro syn.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chloris mucronata Michx.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cynosurus aegypticus L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cynosurus aegyptius	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Dactyloctenium aegyptiacum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Dactyloctenium aegyptiacum Willd.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Dactyloctenium aegyptium	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Richt.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd.	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.)P.Beauv.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.)Willd.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (Linn.) P. Beauv.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Dactyloctenium aegyptium Beauv.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Dactyloctenium aegyptium Beauvois	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Dactyloctenium aegyptium Richt.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Dactyloctenium aegyptium Willd.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Dactyloctenium mucronatum (Michx.)Willd.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Dactyloctenuium aegyptium (L.)	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass Province, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010)
Dactylotenium aegyptium	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Eleusine aegyptia (L.)Desf.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Eleusine aegyptiaca	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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