Plant Details

Accepted name:: Eragrostis viscosa (Retz.) Trin. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
antu purue hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banka gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhulani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhurbur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhurbusi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heen ala balal tana	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
tsjama-pullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. in R.Wight, Cat. Indian Pl. 2: 105 (1834).
Cynodon amabilis (L.) Raspail Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 302 (1825).
Eragrostis hirsutissima Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 103 (1930).
Eragrostis mangalorica Hochst. ex Miq. Nieuwe Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Amsterdam, ser. 3, 4: 38 (1851).
Eragrostis retinorrhoea Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 268 (1854).
Eragrostis strigosa Andersson in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 559 (1864).
Eragrostis tenella subvar. aperta Stapf ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 315 (1896).
Eragrostis tenella subvar. lasiantha Stapf in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 7: 316 (1896).
Eragrostis tenella var. viscosa (Retz.) Stapf in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 7: 315 (1896).
Eragrostis terebinthacea Kurz ex Stapf in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 7: 316 (1896), pro syn.
Eragrostis transvaalensis Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 299 (1919 publ. 1920).
Eragrostis viscosa var. pilosissima (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Hochst. Flora 38: 329 (1855).
Eragrostis warmingii Hack. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 52: 305 (1902).
Erochloe amabilis Raf. ex B.D.Jacks Index Kew. 1: 886 (1893), pro syn.
Megastachya amabilis (L.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 74 (1812).
Poa amabilis L. Sp. Pl.: 68 (1753), nom. utique rej.
Poa glutinosa Roxb. ex Stapf in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 7: 316 (1896), pro syn.
Poa viscosa Retz. Observ. Bot. 4: 20 (1786).
Poa viscosa var. pilosissima Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 424 (1850).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eragrostis amabilis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Eragrostis amabilis O.K.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Eragrostis viscosa (Retz.) Trin.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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