Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african finger millet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
african fingermillet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
african millet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
akima	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
amale	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ambali raagi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ariyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahupatraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barankiya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bhuchara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bran	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
bras ma dhu li ga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bras ma du lun ga (d)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bule	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bulo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ceyut	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chirs	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chollu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cholu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
coracan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dagussa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dusi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
eleusine cultivée	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
finger millet	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fingerhirse	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
goose grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
guchha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gyar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
iracikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iragi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iraki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadau	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kadhina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kal	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kal varagu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalumarikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kambale	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kanisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kejhavaragu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kel varaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kelvaragu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kelvaraku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kelwaragoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keppai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevuru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kezhvaragu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kezhvaregu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
khakwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
khra ma	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
kipsongik	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
koda	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
koddo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kodhu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kodra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koracan	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
korakan	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kort kaffer manna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
krishna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulvaraku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurakkan	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
kurkan	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kurukkan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lagli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lanchhana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
liphoko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lipoko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lupodo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lupoko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
madhulika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madhuuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
madhūli	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
madhūlikā (root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
madua	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maduo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maduwa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
majolothi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makaraa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
makra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malesi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
malicha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maliyasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandua	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manduaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
manduwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandwah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mangdok pena	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
maramcho	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
markatahasta-trna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
markaṭahastatṛṇa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
marua	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruwa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
matagh	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mataighio (singular)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mawe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mawele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mawere	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mbege	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
millet	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mofoho	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mong	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mpogo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mufhoho	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mugimbi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mulimbi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muthari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muttari	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mwimbi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
naachnee	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
naachni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naagali-baavato	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
naccini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nachiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nachni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nancini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narau	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nare	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
narttaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narttakah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
njera	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nrityakunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nrtyakundaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nrtyakundala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nrtyakundalah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
obori	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
obul	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
obule	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
obure	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oloikimbi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
osgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pancantanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pandare	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
peddaraagulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
petit mil	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
poho	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ponassa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
popoko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
puncappullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raagi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raagi hittu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raagulu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ragi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ragulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rankwa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
rapoko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rotka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rukweza	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rupoko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rusamparara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rāgī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
sampicha	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sangna	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sarse sankho	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagidelu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tailabon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tame	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamidalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamidelu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thamidalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thamidelu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaviddu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tokuso	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tra ma	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
tsjetti-pullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ugimbi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uimbi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ukantavaraku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulezi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umazhovole	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uphoko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
usanje	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uwulezi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vogel gierst	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
voro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vule	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wimbi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
zviyo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
කුරක්කන්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ཁྲ་མ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
穇子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Seeds		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seed, leaves, stem		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seeds	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
root	dried root	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cynosurus coracanus L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 875 (1759).
Cynodon coracanus Raspail Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 303 (1825).
Eleusine cerealis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 19 (1796), nom. superfl.
Eleusine coracana var. stricta (Roxb.) Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 251 (1841).
Eleusine coracana var. tocussa (Fresen.) Franch. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 377 (1895).
Eleusine dagussa Schimp. Gartenflora 21: 205 (1872).
Eleusine indica var. coracana (L.) Fiori Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 114 (1923).
Eleusine indica subsp. coracana (L.) Lye Lidia 4: 150 (1999).
Eleusine indica var. stricta (Roxb.) Chiov. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 83 (1919).
Eleusine luco Welw. Apont.: 591 (1858 publ. 1859), nom. nud.
Eleusine ovalis Ehrenb. ex Sweet Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 571 (1830), nom. nud.
Eleusine pilosa Gilli Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 69: 50 (1965).
Eleusine reniformis Divak. Madras Agric. J. 46: 486 (1959).
Eleusine rigida Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 36 (1827).
Eleusine sphaerosperma Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 149 (1812), nom. superfl.
Eleusine stricta Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 344 (1820).
Eleusine tocussa Fresen. Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 141 (1837).
Eleusine tocussa var. erytroleuca Chiov. Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
Eleusine tocussa var. erytromelana Chiov. Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
Eleusine tocussa var. flavocarpa Chiov. Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
Eleusine tocussa var. leucocarpa Chiov. Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
Eleusine tocussa var. melanocarpa Chiov. Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
Eleusine tocussa var. olivacea Chiov. Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cynosurus coracanus L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Eleucine corocana (L.) Gaertn.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Eleusine coracana	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Eleusine coracana (L) Gaertn	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. i	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
Eleusine coracana (L.)Gaertn.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Eleusine coracana (Linn.) Gaertn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Eleusine coracana (Linnaeus) Gaertner	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Eleusine coracana Gaertn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Eleusine corocana (L.) Gaertn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Eleusine corocana Gaertner	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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