Plant Details

Accepted name:: Scleria gaertneri Raddi [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
navalha-de-macaco	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
tiririca	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Scleria melaleuca Rchb. ex Schltdl. & Cham. Linnaea 6: 29 (1831).
Scleria pratensis Lindl. ex Nees Cyperaceae: 69 (1841).
Scleria pterota C.Presl ex C.B.Clarke in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 2: 146 (1900), nom. superfl.
Dichromena vahlii A.Dietr. Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 2: 169 (1833).
Schizolepis sieberi (Nees ex Kunth) Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 188 (1842).
Schoenus latifolius Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 226 (1805).
Scleria affinis C.Presl ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 542 (1841), not validly publ.
Scleria asperata C.Presl Isis (Oken) 21: 268 (1828), not validly publ.
Scleria boliviana Palla in O.Buchtien, Contr. Fl. Bolivia: 90 (1910), nom. nud.
Scleria communis Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 340 (1837).
Scleria congolensis De Wild. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 14(Suppl. Bot.): 19 (1926).
Scleria conspersa Sellow ex Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 179 (1842).
Scleria flagellata Sw. ex Boeckeler Linnaea 38: 506 (1874), pro syn.
Scleria latifolia (Vahl) C.Presl Isis (Oken) 21: 268 (1828), nom. illeg.
Scleria latifolia Sieber ex C.Presl Isis (Oken) 21: 268 (1828), nom. illeg.
Scleria longifolia Boeckeler Flora 65: 30 (1882).
Scleria margaritifera Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 312 (1805), nom. illeg.
Scleria ottonis Boeckeler Linnaea 38: 490 (1874).
Scleria pittieri Boeckeler Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 2: 159 (1896).
Scleria pratensis var. melanocarpa Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 179 (1842).
Scleria pterota var. melaleuca (Rchb. ex Schltdl. & Cham.) Uittien in A.A.Pulle, Fl. Suriname 1(1): 140 (1934).
Scleria pterota var. submelaleuca Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 216 (1926).
Scleria racemosa Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 385 (1837), not validly publ.
Scleria scindens Nees ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 343 (1837).
Scleria selloana Schrad. ex Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 179 (1842), not validly publ.
Scleria sieberi Nees ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 346 (1837).
Scleria simplicior Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 169 (1855).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Scleria gaertneri Raddi	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Scleria melaleuca Rchb. Es Schltdl. and Cham.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Scleria pratensis L.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Scleria pterota C. Presl.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)

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