Plant Details

Accepted name:: Polytoca gigantea (J.Koenig) Mabb. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
gela gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghellagadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heen kirindi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kaasi gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalivaeru gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kocikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sukku debbe hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suku dabha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thendebalada hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varival	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chionachne gigantea (J.Koenig) Veldkamp Blumea 47: 559 (2002).
Chionachne koenigii (Spreng.) Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 357 (1864).
Coix gigantea J.Koenig Naturforscher (Halle) 23: 211 (1788).
Coix koenigii Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 228 (1824).
Polytoca barbata (Roxb.) Stapf in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 7: 102 (1896).
Chionachne barbata (Roxb.) R.Br. ex Aitch. Cat. Pl. Punjab Sindh: 157 (1869).
Coix arundinacea J.Koenig ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 203 (1805), nom. illeg.
Coix barbata Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 569 (1832).
Coix crypsoides Müll.Hal. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 19: 334 (1861).
Coix lacryma-jobi var. gigantea (J.Koenig) Stapf in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 7: 100 (1896).
Sphaerium giganteum (J.Koenig) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 793 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chionachne gigantea (J. Konig) Veldkamp	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Chionachne koenigii (Spreng.) Thw.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Chionachne koenigii (Sprengel) Thwaites & Hook. f.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Chionachne koenigii Thwaites	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Coix gigantea	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Coix gigantea J. Konig ex Roxb.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Coix koenigii (Sprengel) Thwaites & Hook.f.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Polytoca barbata Stapf	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Polytoca gigantea (J.Koenig) Mabb.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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