Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cyperus articulatus L. [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adrue	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aele tollu hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aldrue	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ardue	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
camelote	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
chintul	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guinea rush	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
guinea-rush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jointed flat sedge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jointed flatsedge	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jonc vulgaire	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kronchaadana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lusaku saku	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ndauru	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nsaku nsaku	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
piripiri	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
sasao	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
tindzau	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
entire plant		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
root	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chlorocyperus articulatus (L.) Rikli Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895).
Chlorocyperus cordobensis Palla Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 69 (1903).
Cyperus articulatus Benth. Pl. Hartw.: 124 (1844), nom. illeg.
Cyperus articulatus var. conglomeratus Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 210 (1886).
Cyperus articulatus var. erythrostachys Graebn. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 25 (1919).
Cyperus articulatus var. fistulosus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 79 (1935).
Cyperus articulatus f. longispiculosus Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 250 (1929).
Cyperus articulatus var. multiflorus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 79 (1935).
Cyperus articulatus var. nodosus (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 79 (1935).
Cyperus autumnalis Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 51 (1813), nom. illeg.
Cyperus borbonicus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 31 (1854).
Cyperus cordobensis (Palla) Hicken Darwiniana 1: 112 (1924).
Cyperus corymbosus var. subnodosus (Nees & Meyen) Kük. ex Osten Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 3: 147 (1898).
Cyperus fistulosus Ehrenb. ex Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 275 (1870).
Cyperus gymnos Schult. Mant. 2: 97 (1824).
Cyperus interceptus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 31 (1854).
Cyperus niloticus Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 13 (1775).
Cyperus nodosus Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Enum. Pl.: 72 (1809).
Cyperus nodosus var. aphyllus Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 275 (1870).
Cyperus nodosus var. subnodosus (Nees & Meyen) Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 276 (1870).
Cyperus subarticulatus Nees & Meyen Linnaea 9: 285 (1834), not validly publ.
Cyperus subnodosus Nees & Meyen in C.G.D.Nees von Esenbeck, Cyperaceae: 7 (1841).
Papyrus pangorei Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 88 (1834).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cyperus articulatus	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Cyperus articulatus L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cyperus articulatus Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Cyperus articulatus Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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