Plant Details

Accepted name:: Donax canniformis (G.Forst.) K.Schum. [Marantaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amin gul	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bamban air	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bamban raya	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
banban	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bemban	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bemban ayer	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bemban batu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bemban gajah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bemban ular bukit	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bhudra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhudra-bula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhudrouduni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bomban	Other	Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)
buluh leck	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
common donax	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ghata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
godunika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gē yàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
khlum	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
kulianini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
měng mǎn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
palagunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shurakasthika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitalapa-trika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitalpati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tongkat syaitan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
vulahwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zhú yè jiāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
戈燕	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
猛满	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
竹叶蕉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizoma, root stock		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
root, leaf		Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Actoplanes canniformis (G.Forst.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 48: 34 (1902).
Actoplanes ridleyi K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 48: 35 (1902).
Clinogyne dichotoma Salisb. ex Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 651 (1883), nom. superfl.
Clinogyne grandis (Miq.) Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. 3: 651 (1883).
Donax arundastrum Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 11 (1790).
Donax grandis (Miq.) Ridl. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 32: 176 (1899).
Maranta grandis Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 616 (1861).
Phrynium dichotomum Roxb. Asiat. Res. 11: 324 (1810), nom. superfl.
Thalia canniformis G.Forst. Fl. Ins. Austr.: 1 (1786).
Actoplanes grandis (Miq.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 48: 34 (1902).
Arundastrum canniforme (G.Forst.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 683 (1891).
Arundastrum grande (Miq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 684 (1891).
Clinogyne canniformis (G.Forst.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 96 (1897).
Donax gracilis K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 436 (1892), orth. var.
Donax parviflora Ridl. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 54: 59 (1910).
Ilythuria canniformis (G.Forst.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 51 (1838).
Maranta arundastrum (Lour.) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 111 (2009).
Maranta arundinacea Blanco Fl. Filip.: 7 (1837), nom. illeg.
Maranta dichotoma D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 1: 5 (1839), nom. superfl.
Maranta tonchat Blume Enum. Pl. Javae: 36 (1827).
Phrynium canniforme (G.Forst.) Schrank Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 178 (1824).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Actoplanes canniformis (G.Forst.) K.Schum.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Actoplannes cannaeformis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Actoplannes ridleya	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Clinogyne dichotoma Salisb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Clinogyne grandis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Clinogyne grandis Benth.Hook.f.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Donax Cannaeformis (Forst.) K. Schum.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Donax arundastrum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Donax canaeformis (Forst.) K. Schum.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Donax cannaeformis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Donax cannaeformis (Forst.f.) K.Schum	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Donax cannaeformis (G.Forst.) K.Schum.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Donax cannaeformis K.Scho.	Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)
Donax canniformis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Donax canniformis (Forst. F.) K. Schum.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Donax canniformis (Forst.) K.Schum.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Donax canniformis (G. Forst.) K. Schum.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Donax canniformis (G.Forst.) K.Schum.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Donax canniformis K. Schum.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Donax connaeformis (Forst.) Schum.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Donax grandis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Donax grandis (Miq.) Ridl.	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Maranta grandis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phrymium dichotoma Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Thalia canniformis Forst.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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