Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sporobolus pyramidalis P.Beauv. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
catstail dropseed	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
catstail grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dindindi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isikhaba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
katstert-fynsaadgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
massinguizuana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
michiki (grass)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
modisla	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mucinguazuana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mupungapunga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
narrow-plumed dropseed	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shambo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sinde	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
smalpluimfynsaadgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
taaipol	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsinde	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umgwigwi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umsengilazane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umsingilizane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umsingizane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umtshiki	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umviti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vleigras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sporobolus hypseloteros Chiov. Webbia 8: 95 (1951).
Sporobolus indicus pyramidalis (P.Beauv.) Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1): 291 (1931).
Sporobolus rueppellianus Fresen. Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 139 (1837).
Vilfa pyramidalis (P.Beauv.) Trin. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 768 (1841).
Vilfa rueppelliana (Fresen.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 768 (1841).
Agrostis extensa Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 45 (1827).
Agrostis indica Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 104 (1775), nom. illeg.
Agrostis owarensis Schult. Mant. 2: 199 (1824), nom. superfl.
Sporobolus indicus var. pyramidalis (P.Beauv.) Veldkamp Blumea 35: 439 (1991).
Sporobolus indicus var. saxicola Sosef & Ngok Blumea 50: 465 (2005).
Sporobolus jacquemontii Kunth Révis. Gramin. 2: 427 (1831).
Sporobolus pyramidalis var. jacquemontii (Kunth) Jovet & Guédès Bull. Centr. Études Rech. Sci., Biarritz 7: 60 (1968).
Sporobolus wombaliensis Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 11: 117 (1920), pro syn.
Vilfa jacquemontii (Kunth) Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 92 (1839).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sporobolus hypseloteros Chiov.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sporobolus indicus (L.)R.Br. pyramidalis (P.Beauv.)Peter	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sporobolus pyramidalis	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Sporobolus pyramidalis P. Beauv.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sporobolus pyramidalis P.Beauv.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Sporobolus rueppellianus Fresen.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Vilfa pyramidalis (P.Beauv.)Steud.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Vilfa rueppelliana (Fresen.)Steud.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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