Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dhamana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
doka-ghas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eela karra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hulugalagu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hulugila hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hulugilahullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hulugilu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kikkasagaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kilak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulpa gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maitantos	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mettanthisa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mettantisa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naagasvaramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nadam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagasara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagasaramu-peepalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagasvaramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagaswaramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nain-canna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nannana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narkul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddarellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perunanal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
potagalah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puvvugutthigaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puvvuguttigaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
randhri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vibhisanah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
weluk	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
වැලුක්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Rhizome		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Root		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Arundo karka Retz. Observ. Bot. 4: 21 (1786).
Phragmites laxiflorus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 196 (1854).
Phragmites roxburghii Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 324 (1841), nom. superfl.
Arundo corea Rottler ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 304 (1896), pro syn.
Arundo roxburghii Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 79 (1829), nom. superfl.
Arundo tecta Blanco Fl. Filip.: 48 (1837), sensu auct.
Arundo tibialis Roxb. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 5017B (1831), nom. nud.
Arundo vallatoria L. Herb. Amb.: 15 (1754), pro syn.
Calamagrostis karka (Retz.) J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis].: 172 (1791).
Oxyanthe japonica (Steud.) Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 197 (1854).
Phragmites bifarius Wight ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 304 (1896), pro syn.
Phragmites cinctus (Hook.f.) B.S.Sun Fl. Yunnanica 9: 224 (2003).
Phragmites communis var. zeylanicus Nees Gramineae: 41 (1841), pro syn.
Phragmites karka var. cinctus Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 305 (1896).
Phragmites nepalensis Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 196 (1854).
Phragmites vallatorius (L.) Veldkamp Blumea 37: 233 (1992), basionym not validly publ.
Sericura japonica Steud. Flora 29: 20 (1846).
Trichoon karka (Retz.) Roth Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(3): 37 (1798).
Trichoon roxburghii W.Wight Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 390 (1905), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arundo karka	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Arundo karka Retz.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Phragmites karka	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phragmites karka (Retz.) Trin.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Phragmites karka (Retzius) Trin. ex Steudel	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Phragmites karka Trin. ex Steud.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Phragmites karka Trinius	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Phragmites laxiflorus Steud.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Phragmites roxburghii	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phragmites roxburghii (Kunth) Steud.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Pragmites karka	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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