Plant Details

Accepted name:: Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aeddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
e-thana	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ethana	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
gantegawta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaarda hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kameriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantegawta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kariunugada hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaseri gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumari gha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumariyan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumeria	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumeriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumiriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumrya ghas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurbari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kusale-gawat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lamb	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lambh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lapeda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lapia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mumaria	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanju hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oobina hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sariala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suva gas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ucippul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yeddi gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ඊ-තණ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
地筋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄茅	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
spike, bristle like appendages	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 50 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Andropogon contortus L. Sp. Pl.: 1045 (1753).
Andropogon allionii DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 97 (1805).
Andropogon austrocaledonicus Vieill. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 16: 31 (1862), nom. nud.
Andropogon bellardii Bubani Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 5: 317 (1873), nom. superfl.
Andropogon besukiensis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 367 (1854).
Andropogon contortus subsp. allionii (DC.) Trab. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 127 (1895).
Andropogon contortus var. allionii (DC.) Hack. Bol. Soc. Brot. 3: 137 (1885).
Andropogon contortus var. breviaristatus Sennen Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32: n° 7225 (1932).
Andropogon contortus var. glaber (Hack.) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 587 (1889).
Andropogon contortus subsp. glaber K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 24 (1890).
Andropogon contortus proles glaber (K.Richt.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 42 (1934).
Andropogon contortus subvar. hispidissimus Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 587 (1889).
Andropogon contortus var. macroglumis Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 137 (1901).
Andropogon contortus var. maroccanus Maire Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc, 8: 141 (1928).
Andropogon contortus subvar. roxburghii (Arn. ex Nees) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 586 (1889).
Andropogon contortus subvar. secundus Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 587 (1889).
Andropogon firmus (J.Presl) Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 486 (1833).
Andropogon glaber Raspail Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 307 (1825), nom. illeg.
Andropogon hispidissimus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 367 (1854).
Andropogon hohenackeri Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 368 (1854).
Andropogon messanensis Biv. Nuove Piante: 5 (1838).
Andropogon polystachyos Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 265 (1820).
Andropogon secundus Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 558 (1864), nom. illeg.
Heteropogon allionii (DC.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 835 (1817).
Heteropogon allionii var. messanensis (Biv.) Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 3: 274 (1909).
Heteropogon allionii var. secundus (Hack.) Fiori in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 1: 45 (1896).
Heteropogon besukiensis (Steud.) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 494 (1857).
Heteropogon contortus var. allionii (DC.) Cuénod Fl. Tunis.: 59 (1954).
Heteropogon contortus var. distichus C.E.C.Fisch. in J.S.Gamble, Fl. Madras: 1743 (1934).
Heteropogon contortus var. glaber Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 268 (1883).
Heteropogon contortus var. hirtus Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 267 (1883), not validly publ.
Heteropogon contortus var. hispidissimus (Steud.) Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 105 (1926).
Heteropogon contortus var. hispidissimus (Hack.) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 6A: 155 (2014), nom. illeg.
Heteropogon contortus var. polystachyos (Roxb.) Deshp. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 30: 121 (1990).
Heteropogon contortus subvar. secundus (Hack.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 276 (1915).
Heteropogon fertilis B.S.Sun & S.Wang J. Yunnan Univ. (Nat. Sci. Ed.) 21: 96 (1999).
Heteropogon firmus J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 334 (1830).
Heteropogon fischerianus Bor Kew Bull. 6: 170 (1951).
Heteropogon glaber Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 533 (1807), nom. superfl.
Heteropogon glaber var. messanensis (Biv.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 786 (1882).
Heteropogon hirsutus P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 134 (1812), orth. var.
Heteropogon hirtus Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 533 (1807), nom. superfl.
Heteropogon hirtus var. glaber (Hack.) Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 153 (1899).
Heteropogon hispidissimus Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 367 (1854), pro syn.
Heteropogon hohenackeri Hochst. ex Miq. Nieuwe Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Amsterdam, ser. 3, 4: 36 (1851), nom. nud.
Heteropogon messanensis (Biv.) Guss. Fl. Sicul. Syn. 1: 164 (1843).
Heteropogon polystachyos (Roxb.) Schult. Mant. 2: 460 (1824).
Heteropogon roxburghii Arn. ex Nees Gramineae: 51 (1841).
Holcus contortus (L.) Stuck. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 48 (1904).
Sorghum contortum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 791 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Andropogon contortus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Andropogon contortus L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Heteropogon coltortus (L.) Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Heteropogon contortus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Heteropogon contortus (L.) Beauv.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Heteropogon contortus (L.) Beauv. ex Roem. et Schult.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Heteropogon contortus (L.) Roem. & Schult.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Heteropogon contortus (Linn.) P Beauv.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Heteropogon contortus Beauv.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Heteropogon contortus L.	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Heteropogon contortus Roemer et Schultes	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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