Plant Details

Accepted name:

Setaria italica (L.) P.Beauv. [Poaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

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Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aarike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alaitticam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arzun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bertia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhadle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhagar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilikorla-hollu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caivankam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakattiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
celumaipiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ceyamakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinese millet	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cinattaniyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittirattantulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhanyapriyangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dukhn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
enal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fox tail millet	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
foxtail millet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fructus setariae germinatus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
gal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
german millet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
guya	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
hungarian millet	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hungarian or italian millet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
italian millet	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kaang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaango akki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalakangni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamg	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamguni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanakavirutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kangaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanghuni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kangni	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanguh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kangui	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanguka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanguni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kangunika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kankur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karcepam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kauni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khre	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kingo-gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirakang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kongu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koralu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
korra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
korralu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mancaltinai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
millet spray	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
millet sprout	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
nakka-korra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naoni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
navana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
navanaklu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
navane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
navaneakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
navani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niriyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paintinai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pantupocanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitatandula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pontukatinai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
priyangi thene	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
priyangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
priyangu thene	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
priyanguka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
priyyangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samve	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
setariae fructus germinatus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
shyamaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
syamaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tauna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tenai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tenayari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tenna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tennai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tenney	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thana hal	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
thene gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thinai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tinai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tinaiyarici	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tinnai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
titti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vavani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Grains		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Flowers, fruit, bark, root		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 103 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Panicum aegyptiacum Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 493 (1817), pro syn.
Panicum italicum L. Sp. Pl.: 56 (1753).
Alopecurus caudatus Thunb. Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 3: 208 (1780).
Chaetochloa germanica (Mill.) Smyth Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 25: 89 (1913).
Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribn. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 4: 39 (1897).
Chaetochloa italica var. germanica (Mill.) Scribn. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 6: 32 (1897).
Chamaeraphis italica (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 771 (1891).
Chamaeraphis italica var. elobulata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 768 (1891).
Chamaeraphis italica var. germanica (Mill.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 768 (1891).
Chamaeraphis italica var. macrochaeta (J.Jacq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 768 (1891).
Echinochloa erythrosperma Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 477 (1817).
Echinochloa intermedia Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 477 (1817).
Ixophorus italicus (L.) Nash Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 428 (1895).
Oplismenus helvolus (L.f.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 54 (1812).
Oplismenus intermedius (Vahl ex Hornem.) Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 45 (1829).
Panicum asiaticum Schult. & Schult.f. Mant. 3: 598 (1827), pro syn.
Panicum chinense Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 3(2): 225 (1834).
Panicum compactum Kit. ex Schult. Oestr. Fl., ed. 2, 1: 212 (1817), pro syn.
Panicum elongatum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 18 (1796), nom. superfl.
Panicum erythrospermum Vahl ex Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 82 (1813).
Panicum germanicum Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 1 (1768).
Panicum germanicum Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 1: 336 (1797), nom. illeg.
Panicum globulare (J.Presl) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 257 (1841).
Panicum glomeratum Moench Methodus: 207 (1794), nom. superfl.
Panicum helvolum L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 107 (1782).
Panicum intermedium Vahl ex Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 82 (1813).
Panicum italicum var. brevisetum Döll Rhein. Fl.: 128 (1843).
Panicum italicum var. californicum (Kellogg) Körn. in F.A.Körnicke & H.Werner, Handb. Getreidebaus 1: 272 (1885).
Panicum italicum var. compactum (Kit.) Eichler Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1882: 5 (1882), not validly publ.
Panicum italicum var. erythrospermum (Vahl ex Hornem.) Eichler Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1882: 5 (1882).
Panicum italicum var. germanicum Loisel. Fl. Gall.: 39 (1806).
Panicum italicum var. germanicum (Mill.) Koeler Descr. Gramin.: 17 (1802).
Panicum italicum var. inerme Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(2): 165 (1877).
Panicum italicum var. longisetum Döll Rhein. Fl.: 128 (1843).
Panicum italicum var. macrochaetum (J.Jacq.) Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(2): 165 (1877).
Panicum italicum convar. maximum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 315 (1866).
Panicum italicum var. mitis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 316 (1866).
Panicum italicum convar. moharia Alef. Landw. Fl.: 315 (1866).
Panicum italicum var. nigrum Körn. in F.A.Körnicke & H.Werner, Handb. Getreidebaus 1: 274 (1885).
Panicum italicum var. pabularis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 315 (1866).
Panicum italicum var. praecox Alef. Landw. Fl.: 315 (1866).
Panicum italicum var. violaceum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 316 (1866).
Panicum itieri (Delile) Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 51 (1853).
Panicum macrochaetum (J.Jacq.) Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 76 (1821).
Panicum maritimum Lam. Encycl. 4: 727 (1798).
Panicum melfrugum Schult. & Schult.f. Mant. 3: 599 (1827), nom. nud.
Panicum miliaceum Blanco Fl. Filip.: 39 (1837), nom. illeg.
Panicum moharicum (Alef.) E.H.L.Krause Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 29(2): 142 (1912).
Panicum panis (Jess.) Jess. Deutschl. Gräser: 240 (1867).
Panicum pumilum Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 76 (1821), nom. illeg.
Panicum serotinum Trin. Gram. Panic.: 166 (1826), pro syn.
Panicum setaceum Trin. Gram. Panic.: 166 (1826), pro syn.
Panicum setosum Trin. Gram. Panic.: 166 (1826), pro syn.
Panicum sibiricum Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 493 (1817), pro syn.
Panicum verticillatum var. majus Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 46 (1784).
Panicum viride subsp. italicum (L.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 77 (1899).
Panicum viride var. italicum (L.) Backer Handb. Fl. Java 2: 142 (1928).
Panicum vulgare Wallr. Linnaea 14: 542 (1841), nom. superfl.
Paspalum germanicum (Mill.) Baumg. Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 3: 277 (1816).
Penicillaria italica (L.) Oken Allg. Naturgesch. 3(1): 406 (1841).
Pennisetum germanicum (Mill.) Baumg. Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 3: 277 (1816).
Pennisetum helvolum (L.f.) R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 195 (1810).
Pennisetum italicum (L.) R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 195 (1810).
Pennisetum macrochaetum J.Jacq. Ecl. Gram. Rar.: t. 25 (1814).
Setaria asiatica Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 29 (1830), pro syn.
Setaria californica Kellogg Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1(ed. 2): 26 (1873).
Setaria compacta Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 967 (1866), nom. nud.
Setaria erythrosperma (Vahl ex Hornem.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., 1: 304 (1824).
Setaria erythrosperma Hornem. ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 29 (1830), pro syn.
Setaria flavida Hornem. ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 29 (1830), pro syn.
Setaria germanica (Mill.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 51 (1812).
Setaria globularis J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 314 (1830).
Setaria helvola (L.f.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 491 (1817).
Setaria italica var. barbata Gammie Mem. Dept. Agric. India, Bot. Ser., ser. 4, 1: 5 (1911).
Setaria italica subsp. colchica Maisaya & Gorgidze Sakharthw. S.S.R. Mecniereb. Akad. Moambe 119: 589 (1985), no type indicated.
Setaria italica var. compacta Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 46 (1890).
Setaria italica subvar. densior F.T.Hubb. Amer. J. Bot. 2: 192 (1915).
Setaria italica subvar. germanica (Mill.) F.T.Hubb. Amer. J. Bot. 2: 189 (1915).
Setaria italica subsp. germanica (Mill.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 28 (1890).
Setaria italica var. germanica (Mill.) Chevall. Fl. Gén. Env. Paris 2: 149 (1827).
Setaria italica subsp. macrochaeta (Link) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 2(2): 327 (1890).
Setaria italica subsp. maxima Dekapr. & Kaspar. Trudy Prikl. Bot. 19: 568 (1928).
Setaria italica var. moharia (Alef.) Zimm. in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 1: 194 (1906).
Setaria italica subsp. moharia (Alef.) H.Scholz Willdenowia 36: 663 (2006).
Setaria italica subsp. nigrofructa F.T.Hubb. Amer. J. Bot. 2: 185 (1915).
Setaria italica var. nuda N.H.F.Desp. Fl. Sarthe: 306 (1838).
Setaria italica var. purpurea Gammie Mem. Dept. Agric. India, Bot. Ser., ser. 4, 1: 5 (1911).
Setaria italica subsp. rubrofructa F.T.Hubb. Amer. J. Bot. 2: 193 (1915).
Setaria italica subsp. stramineofructa F.T.Hubb. Amer. J. Bot. 2: 188 (1915).
Setaria itieri Delile Index Seminum (MPU, Monspeliensis) 1849: 7 (1849).
Setaria japonica Pynaert J. Gén. Hort. 14: 7 (1861).
Setaria macrochaeta (J.Jacq.) Schult. Mant. 2: 274 (1824).
Setaria maritima (Lam.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 492 (1817).
Setaria melinis Link ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 574 (1841).
Setaria moharia (Alef.) Menabde & Erizin Trudy Tbilissk. Bot. Inst. 12: 166 (1948).
Setaria multiseta Dumort. Observ. Gramin. Belg.: 138 (1824).
Setaria pachystachya Borbás Balaton Tavának Növényföldr.: 315 (1900), nom. illeg.
Setaria panis Jess. Deutschl. Gräser: 248 (1863).
Setaria persica Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 29 (1830), pro syn.
Setaria violacea Hornem. ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 29 (1830), pro syn.
Setaria viridis subsp. italica (L.) Briq. Prodr. Fl. Corse 1: 68 (1910).
Setaria viridis var. multiseta (Dumort.) T.Durand in De Wild. & T.Durand, Prodr. Fl. Belg. 3: 80 (1906).
Setariopsis italica (L.) Samp. Anais Fac. Ci. Univ. Porto 19: 69 (1934).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Panicum argyptiacum Roem. & Schult.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Panicum italicum	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Panicum italicum L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Setaria italica	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Setaria italica (L.) Beauv	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Setaria italica (L.) Beauv.	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. var. germanica (Mill.) Schred.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015)
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Setaria italica (L.) P.Beauv.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Setaria italica (L.) RBeauv.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Setaria italica Beavois	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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