Plant Details

Accepted name:: Andropogon gayanus Kunth [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Andropogon gayanus var. bisquamulatus (Hochst.) Hack.

Andropogon gayanus var. gayanus

Andropogon gayanus var. polycladus (Hack.) Clayton

Andropogon gayanus var. tridentatus Hack.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
beard grass	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bluestem	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gamba grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pasto llanero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tambuki grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cymbachne guineensis subvar. gayana (Kunth) Roberty Boissiera 9: 243 (1960).
Sorghum gayanum (Kunth) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 791 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Andropogon gayanus Kunth	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (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)

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