Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tripidium bengalense (Retz.) H.Scholz [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ama	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
amaveru	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
bahupraja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baruwa grass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
baruwa sugarcane	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bellu-ponik	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhadramuja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bhadramunja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhadrā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
brahmanya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chakshuveshtana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dam bu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
darbhavhaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dridhatrina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
durmula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ekar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ekra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gundra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hodake hullu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ikshukanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kans	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maunji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mole	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moonj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moonja	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
munj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
munj sweetcane	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
munj-sentha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
munja	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
munjanaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
munjappullu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
munjata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
munji hullu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
munjipul	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mūnjā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ponika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raamshara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ramsar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ranjana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sarah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarkand	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
sarkanda	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarkara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarkat	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
sarpat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarpata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sarpatta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shakrabhanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sthuladarbha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sumekhala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tall cane	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tejana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tejanaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tejanavhaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilanaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trikande	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
trinakhaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vaniraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
śara (root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
root, stem		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root	dried root	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Erianthus munja (Roxb.) Jeswiet Arch. Suikerindustr. Ned. Ned.-Indë 12: 399 (1925).
Saccharum bengalense Retz. Observ. Bot. 5: 16 (1789).
Saccharum ciliare Andersson Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 155 (1855).
Saccharum munja Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 246 (1820).
Saccharum sara Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 244 (1820).
Erianthus bengalensis (Retz.) Bharadw., Basu Chaudh. & Sinha Agra Univ. J. Res., Sci. 5: 311 (1957).
Erianthus ciliaris (Andersson) Jeswiet Arch. Suikerindustr. Ned. Ned.-Indë 12: 399 (1925).
Erianthus ciliaris var. elegans Jeswiet in C.A.Backer, Handb. Fl. Java 2: 42 (1928).
Erianthus elegans (Jeswiet) Rümke Arch. Suikerindustr. Ned. Ned.-Indë 42: 214 (1934).
Erianthus sara (Roxb.) Rümke Arch. Suikerindustr. Ned. Ned.-Indë 42: 223 (1934).
Imperata sara (Roxb.) Schult. Mant. 2: 166 (1824).
Ripidium bengalense (Retz.) Grassl Proc. Congr. Int. Soc. Sugar Cane Technol. 14: 244 (1972).
Saccharum elegans (Jeswiet) Veldkamp Blumea 37: 233 (1992).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Erianthus munja (Roxb.) Jeswiet	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Erianthus munja (Roxb.)Jesw.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Saccharum bengalense Retz.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Saccharum bengalensis Retz.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Saccharum ciliare Andersson	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Saccharum munja Roxb.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Saccharum munja Roxburgh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Saccharum sara Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Tripidium bengalense (Retz.) H.Scholz	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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