Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african millet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
almorejo	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
amabele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ankutt	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baajaree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
babala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bajari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bajra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bajri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ban kauni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bandarighas	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bandra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bandri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhaajhri	Other	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
bhadli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilikoriekhullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bubele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bulrush millet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bultuk	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
candle millet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cat-tail millet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cattail millet	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
centalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
centinai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ciyamakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cumbu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dagusa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dakhun	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
dauro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dihangu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
duhun	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dukhon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ehangu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
emeye	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
erau	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fokogras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gantelu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gaouri	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gawri	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gero	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hatchi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hegni	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
indian millet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
inyouti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isansa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kaffermanna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kamba	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kambu hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapelembe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
koralaepullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leotsa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
machewere	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mahangu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
maiwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
manna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
massango	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
maunde	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mawele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
meixoeira	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mhuga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mhunga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mhungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mi/mawele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mil	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mil du soudan	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
millet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
miwele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mpyoli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muwele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muzundi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mwee	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mwele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mwere	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nakkakora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ntweka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ny?	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nyalothi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nyauti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omahangu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pale pigeon grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pearl millet	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pearl or spiked millet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddaganti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perlhirse	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
petite mil	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pigeon grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poko grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pollu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
sajjae	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sajjae hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sajjalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sajje	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sany?	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sazza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spiked millet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thimena thodihangu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
u/inyawuthi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uchewele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
unchewere	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
unyaluthi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
unyawothi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
unyawoti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uwele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
venupatrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yellow bristle grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yellow foxtail	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
نخد	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
කඹ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
පොල්ලු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
金色狗尾草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds, Fruit		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Seed		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 81 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Panicum americanum L. Sp. Pl.: 56 (1753).
Panicum indicum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 3 (1763).
Panicum lutescens Weigel Observ. Bot.: 20 (1772), nom. superfl.
Penicillaria spicata (L.) Willd. Enum. Pl.: 1037 (1809).
Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Z. Naturwiss. 79: 52 (1907).
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 195 (1810).
Pennisetum typhoideum Rich. in C.H.Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 72 (1805), nom. superfl.
Setaria glauca (L.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 51 (1812).
Setaria lutescens F.T.Hubb. Rhodora 18: 232 (1916), nom. superfl.
Alopecurus typhoides Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 27 (1768), nom. superfl.
Andropogon racemosus Poir. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 412 (1821), pro syn.
Cenchrus paniceus B.Heyne ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 8650 (1848), nom. nud.
Cenchrus pycnostachyus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 109 (1854), nom. nud.
Cenchrus spicatus (L.) Cav. Descr. Pl.: 304 (1802).
Chaetochloa glauca (L.) Scribn. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 4: 39 (1897).
Chaetochloa lutescens Stuntz Invent. Seeds U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. 31: 86 (1914), nom. superfl.
Chamaeraphis glauca (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 771 (1891).
Holcus paniciformis Roxb. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 82 (1896), pro syn.
Holcus racemosus Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 175 (1775).
Holcus spicatus L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1305 (1759).
Ixophorus glaucus (L.) Nash Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 428 (1895).
Panicum alopecuroides J.Koenig ex Trin. Gram. Panic.: 162 (1826), pro syn.
Panicum coeruleum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 5 (1768).
Panicum compressum Balb. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 254 (1841), pro syn.
Panicum glaucum L. Sp. Pl.: 56 (1753).
Panicum holcoides Trin. Gram. Panic.: 163 (1826), pro syn.
Panicum involucratum Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 287 (1820).
Panicum sericeum Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 88 (1789).
Panicum spicatum (L.) Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 7 (1814).
Penicillaria arabica A.Braun Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 23 (1855).
Penicillaria deflexa Andersson ex A.Braun Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 25 (1855).
Penicillaria elongata Schrad. ex Schltdl. Linnaea 25: 560, 563 (1853), nom. nud.
Penicillaria indica A.Braun Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 26 (1855), nom. superfl.
Penicillaria involucrata (Roxb.) Schult. Mant. 2: 283 (1824).
Penicillaria macrostachya Klotzsch ex A.Braun Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 25 (1855), nom. superfl.
Penicillaria mossambicensis A.Braun Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 25 (1855).
Penicillaria nigritarum Schltdl. Linnaea 25: 561 (1853).
Penicillaria plukenetii Link Hort. Berol. 1: 221 (1827), nom. superfl.
Penicillaria roxburghii A.Braun Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 26 (1855), nom. superfl.
Penicillaria solitaria Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 129 (1812).
Penicillaria typhoidea Schltdl. Linnaea 25: 559 (1853), nom. superfl.
Penicillaria willdenowii Klotzsch ex A.Braun Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 25 (1855).
Pennisetum albicauda Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 294 (1933).
Pennisetum americanum f. echinurus (K.Schum.) Leeke Z. Naturwiss. 79: 63 (1907).
Pennisetum americanum subsp. spicatum (L.) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 1: 339 (1952).
Pennisetum americanum convar. spicatum (L.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 8: 72 (1971).
Pennisetum americanum convar. typhoides Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 8: 72 (1971), nom. superfl.
Pennisetum americanum subsp. typhoideum Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 1: 339 (1952), nom. superfl.
Pennisetum ancylochaete Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 294 (1933).
Pennisetum aureum Link Hort. Berol. 1: 215 (1827).
Pennisetum cereale Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 3(2): 185 (1834).
Pennisetum cinereum Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 298 (1933).
Pennisetum echinurus (K.Schum.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 270 (1933).
Pennisetum gambiense Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 297 (1933).
Pennisetum gibbosum Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 299 (1933).
Pennisetum giganteum Ten. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 297 (1841), pro syn.
Pennisetum indicum A.Braun Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 25 (1855), nom. nud.
Pennisetum leonis Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 296 (1933).
Pennisetum maiwa Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 297 (1933).
Pennisetum malacochaete Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 295 (1933).
Pennisetum megastachyum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 108 (1854).
Pennisetum nigritarum (Schltdl.) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 781 (1894).
Pennisetum nigritarum var. deflexum (Andersson ex A.Braun) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 781 (1894).
Pennisetum nigritarum var. macrostachyum T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 781 (1894), not validly publ.
Pennisetum plukenetii (Link) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 782 (1894).
Pennisetum pycnostachyum Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 270 (1933).
Pennisetum solitarium Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 129 (1812).
Pennisetum spicatum (L.) Körn. in F.A.Körnicke & H.Werner, Handb. Getreidebaus 1: 284 (1885).
Pennisetum spicatum var. echinurus K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, B: 55 (1895).
Pennisetum spicatum var. longipedunculatum K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, B: 55 (1895).
Pennisetum spicatum var. macrostachyum K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, B: 55 (1895).
Pennisetum spicatum var. typhoideum T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 785 (1894), not validly publ.
Pennisetum spicatum subsp. willdenowii (Klotzsch ex A.Braun) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, B: 54 (1895).
Pennisetum typhoideum var. echinurus (K.Schum.) Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 191 (1899).
Pennisetum typhoideum var. plukenetii (Link) Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 192 (1899).
Phleum africanum Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 48 (1790).
Setaria lutescens var. macrocarpa Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 79 (1896).
Setaria lutescens var. parviflora Munro ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 79 (1896).
Setaria rufa Chevall. Fl. Gén. Env. Paris, ed. 2, 2: 148 (1836), nom. superfl.
Setaria sericea (Aiton) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 51 (1812).
Setariopsis glauca (L.) Samp. Herb. Port., Apend 2: 4 (1914).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Panicum americanum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Panicum indicum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Panicum lutescens	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Penicillaria spicata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Pennisetum americanum (L.)Leeke	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pennisetum glaucum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
Pennisetum glaucum (L.)R.Br.	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pennisetum glaucum (Linn.) R Br.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Pennisetum glaucum R.Br.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pennisetum glaucum R.Brown	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pennisetum typhoideum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pennisetum typhoideum Rich.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Setaria glauca	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Setaria glauca (L.) Beauv.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Setaria glauca (L.) P.Beauv.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Setaria glauca Beauvois	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Setaria lutescens	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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