Plant Details

Accepted name:: Marantochloa cuspidata (Roscoe) Milne-Redh. [Marantaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

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

Marantochloa flexuosa (Benth.) Hutch. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 338 (1936).
Arundastrum cuspidatum (Roscoe) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 684 (1891).
Clinogyne arcta Stapf in H.Johnston, Liberia 2: 657 (1906).
Clinogyne chrysantha Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51: 168 (1904).
Clinogyne cuspidata (Roscoe) K.Schum. ex A.Chev. J. Bot. (Morot) 22: 132 (1909).
Clinogyne flexuosa (Benth.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 48: 63 (1902).
Donax cuspidata (Roscoe) K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 440 (1892).
Maranta cuspidata Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 31 (1828).
Maranta flexuosa G.Don ex Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 531 (1849), pro syn.
Phrynium flexuosum Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 531 (1849).
Phyllodes flexuosa (Benth.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 605 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Marantachloa flexuosa Hutchinson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Marantochloa cuspidata (Roscoe) Milne-Redh.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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