Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acamantakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aswalayana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aswalayana darbha gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
babhena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
big cordgrass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bikh dab	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakutcuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cattanakuccam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curumakantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curumakantappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curumam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutakappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuyiracam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuyirakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuyiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daabh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dab	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
dabb	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
dabha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dabhena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dabro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dale	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
darbaipul	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
darbha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
darbha hullu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
darbhagaddi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
darbhah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
darbhaipul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
darbhappullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
darbhapullu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
davoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
desmostachya	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dhab	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dharbe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dharbha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
doab	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
du ntha (p)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
durbha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
durpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
durva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ekkiyacattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garbha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
halfa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
halfa grass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hoyek	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hrasva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karumamulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katalancikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshurapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ku ntha (p)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ku sa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ku sa rnam gcig	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ku-sha	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kucaippul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kucam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kucamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kucantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kucappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuccam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kucumopanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumutakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumutam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumutappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurccai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurccarappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kusa	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kusadarbh	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kusadarbha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kusah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kush	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kusha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kushadarba	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kushadarbha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutampam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutapapul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutupa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuśa (root stock)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
muncai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
munisastra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naccuppul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakkaruttan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakkaruttan pul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakkaruttanpul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
notankucam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
notankucappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pauttirappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavitra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavittirakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavittiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavittiriyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavittiriyappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perunkattikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perunkattukappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pincalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piruccami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puvitrung	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sacrificial grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sadanapu veduru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
salt reed-grass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
saved gram	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
siri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suchyagra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sucyagra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suuchyagra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sūcyagra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tarapattiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarobongmat	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tarppai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taruppai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taruppam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
teppai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terpai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terppai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terppam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tharubai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tharuppai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiranaccoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirikalocitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirikatocam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirikatocatappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirkkalokitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirkkamantiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umakatkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umarkatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umarkkatakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ush	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
vicuvamittiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viracai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viracika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yachhamnuma	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
yagyabhuushana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
yagyabhūṣaṇa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
yajnabhusana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yajnabhushana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yajnanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
root, clums, rootstock		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rootstock	dried root stock	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Desmostachya cynosuroides (Retz.) Stapf ex Massey Publ. Dept. Agric. For., Bot. Ser. 1: 43 (1926).
Eragrostis cynosuroides (Retz.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 71 (1812).
Poa cynosuroides Retz. Observ. Bot. 4: 20 (1786).
Briza bipinnata L. Fl. Palaest.: 12 (1756).
Cynosurus durus Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 21 (1775), nom. illeg.
Dactylis interrupta Rottler ex Stapf in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 7: 325 (1896), pro syn.
Desmostachya pingalaiae Raole & R.J.Desai Nordic J. Bot. 26: 196 (2008).
Dinebra dura Lag. Elench. Pl.: 6 (1816).
Eragrostis bipinnata (L.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 113 (1895).
Eragrostis thunbergii Baill. Hist. Pl. 12: 222 (1893), nom. illeg.
Leptochloa bipinnata (L.) Hochst. Flora 38: 422 (1855).
Megastachya bipinnata (L.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 74 (1812).
Pogonarthria bipinnata (L.) Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 362 (1908 publ. 1907).
Rabdochloa bipinnata (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 788 (1891).
Stapfiola bipinnata (L.) Kuntze in T.E.von Post & C.E.O.Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan.: 532 (1903).
Uniola bipinnata (L.) L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 104 (1762).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Desmostachya bipinnata	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stampfer	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stemap.	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Desmostachya bipinnata (L.)Stapf	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Desmostachya bipinnata (Linnaeus) Stapf	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Desmostachya bipinnata Stapf	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Desmostachya bipinnata Stapf.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Desmostachya cynosuroides (Retz.)Stapf ex Massey	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Desmostacthya bipinnata stapf.	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Eragrostis cynosuroides (Retz.) P.Beauv.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Poa cynosuroides Retz.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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