Plant Details

Accepted name:: Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs [Poaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akkatevi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cilayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cilayappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
conaippul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gini hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gini tana	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
gini-gavat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ginni gaas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guinea grass	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
guinea hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
herbe de guinee	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kinippul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
luccikkappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lukkikko	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nitatturu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nitatturuppul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piramalikakkorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piramalikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rata tana	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
rumput benggala	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
suket londa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tacci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tokal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tokappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tokarpul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
unnayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utaitavappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerba de guinea	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
z'herbe de guinee	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ගිනි තණ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
රට තණ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 45 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Panicum maximum Jacq. Icon. Pl. Rar. 1: t. 13 (1781).
Urochloa maxima (Jacq.) R.D.Webster Austral. Paniceae: 241 (1987).
Megathyrsus bivonanus (Brullo, Miniss., Scelsi & Spamp.) Verloove Willdenowia 35: 63 (2005).
Megathyrsus maximus var. coloratus (C.T.White) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs Austrobaileya 6: 573 (2003).
Megathyrsus maximus var. pubiglumis (K.Schum.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs Austrobaileya 6: 572 (2003).
Milium arundinaceum J.Koenig ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 70 (1853), pro syn.
Panicum airoides Flüggé ex Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 175 (1829), pro syn.
Panicum bivonianum Brullo, Miniss., Scelsi & Spamp. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 129: 173 (1995).
Panicum compressum Biv. Stirp. Rar. Sicilia 4: 6 (1818), nom. illeg.
Panicum confine Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 373 (1850), pro syn.
Panicum eburneum Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 3(2): 268 (1834).
Panicum giganteum Mez Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 143 (1904), nom. illeg.
Panicum heynei Roth in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 458 (1817).
Panicum hirsutissimum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 72 (1853).
Panicum jumentorum Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 83 (1805).
Panicum laeve Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 172 (1791).
Panicum mahafalense A.Camus Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 620 (1925).
Panicum mananarense A.Camus Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 412 (1959).
Panicum maximum var. altissimum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 362 (1898).
Panicum maximum var. coloratum C.T.White Queensland Agric. J. 49: 112 (1938).
Panicum maximum var. commune Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 36 (1841).
Panicum maximum subsp. commune (Nees) Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1): 184 (1930).
Panicum maximum var. confine Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 33 (1903 publ. 1902).
Panicum maximum var. effusum A.Camus Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 413 (1959).
Panicum maximum var. glaucum Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 36 (1841).
Panicum maximum var. heterotrichum Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1, Anh.): 42 (1930).
Panicum maximum var. hirsutissimum (Steud.) Oliv. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 171 (1875).
Panicum maximum var. hirsutum Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1, Anh.): 42 (1930).
Panicum maximum var. laeve Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 36 (1841).
Panicum maximum var. obtusissimum A.Chev. Sudania 1: 163 (1911), nom. nud.
Panicum maximum subsp. pubescens M.Sharma J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 7: 106 (1985).
Panicum maximum var. pubiglume K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 85 (1895).
Panicum maximum var. trichoglume Robyns Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo), reimpr. 1: 31 (1932).
Panicum pamplemoussense Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 71 (1853).
Panicum poiforme Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 318 (1824), nom. illeg.
Panicum polygamum Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 24 (1788), nom. illeg.
Panicum praelongum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 73 (1853).
Panicum praticola Salzm. ex Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 203 (1877), pro syn.
Panicum scaberrimum Lag. Gen. Sp. Pl.: 2 (1816).
Panicum sparsum Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 64 (1827).
Panicum teff Desv. Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 201 (1831).
Panicum tephrosanthum Hack. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 766 (1901).
Panicum trichocondylum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 74 (1853).
Panicum trichoglume K.Schum. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 38 (1894), nom. nud.
Urochloa maxima var. trichoglumis (Robyns) R.D.Webster Austral. Paniceae: 242 (1987).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K. Simon & S.W.L. Jacobs	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Panicum maximum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Panicum maximum Jacq.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Panicum maximum Jacquin	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Urochloa maxima (Jacq.) R.D.Webster	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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