Plant Details

Accepted name:: Avena fatua L. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aveia-brava	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
aveia-fátua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
aveia-selvagem	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
avena loca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
avena silvestre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
avoine folle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cha-hiki	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common wild oat	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dinbaan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
flughafer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
flyghavre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
folle avoine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jamdar	Other	Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
jawatu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu thoke godhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karasu-mugi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oat	Other	Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
spring wild oat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild oat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
windhafer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zommeir	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
燕麦草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
野麦子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 58 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Avena fatua var. glabrata Peterm. Fl. Bienitz: 13 (1841).
Anelytrum avenaceum Hack. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 519 (1910).
Avena ambigua Schönh. Fl. Thüringen: 517 (1850), pro syn.
Avena cultiformis (Malzev) Malzev Sornye Rast. Tadzikistana 1: 208 (1934).
Avena fatua var. acidophila Kiec Stud. Grasses Poland: 15 (2001).
Avena fatua var. alcaliphila Kiec Stud. Grasses Poland: 14 (2001).
Avena fatua var. alta Kiec Stud. Grasses Poland: 17 (2001).
Avena fatua var. altissima Kiec Stud. Grasses Poland: 17 (2001).
Avena fatua subsp. brevipilosa Kiec Stud. Grasses Poland: 16 (2001).
Avena fatua subsp. cultiformis Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot., Prilož. 38: 344 (1930).
Avena fatua f. deserticola Hausskn. Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 13-14: 46 (1899).
Avena fatua var. elongata Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot., Prilož. 38: 309 (1930).
Avena fatua subsp. glabrata (Peterm.) Piper & Beattie Fl. N.W. Coast: 46 (1915).
Avena fatua var. glabrescens Coss. & Durieu in M.C.Durieu de Maisonneuve, Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 113 (1855).
Avena fatua var. gravis Kiec Stud. Grasses Poland: 17 (2001).
Avena fatua var. hyugaensis Yamag. Jap. J. Breed. 25: 45 (1975).
Avena fatua var. intermedia (T.Lestib.) Lej. & Courtois Comp. Fl. Belg. 1: 71 (1828).
Avena fatua subsp. intermedia Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 810 (1882).
Avena fatua var. leiocarpa Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot., Prilož. 38: 347 (1930).
Avena fatua var. levis Kiec Stud. Grasses Poland: 15 (2001).
Avena fatua var. longiflora Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot., Prilož. 38: 308 (1930).
Avena fatua var. longispiculata Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot., Prilož. 38: 309 (1930).
Avena fatua subsp. meridionalis Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 20: 140 (1929).
Avena fatua var. mollis Keng Sinensia 11: 411 (1940).
Avena fatua subvar. naniformis Yamag. Jap. J. Breed. 25: 45 (1975).
Avena fatua var. nipponica Yamag. Jap. J. Breed. 25: 45 (1975).
Avena fatua var. pilosa Syme Rep. Bot. Exch. Club 71: 20 (1872).
Avena fatua var. pilosiformis Yamag. Jap. J. Breed. 25: 45 (1975).
Avena fatua var. pilosissima Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 131 (1821 publ. 1822).
Avena fatua var. pseudoculta Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot., Prilož. 38: 348 (1930).
Avena fatua var. pseudofatua Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 842 (1866).
Avena fatua subvar. pseudonana Yamag. Jap. J. Breed. 25: 45 (1975).
Avena fatua subvar. pumila Yamag. Jap. J. Breed. 25: 45 (1975).
Avena fatua subsp. septentrionalis (Malzev) Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 20: 140 (1929).
Avena fatua f. subcontracta Yamag. Jap. J. Breed. 25: 45 (1975).
Avena fatua subvar. zine Yamag. Jap. J. Breed. 25: 45 (1975).
Avena intermedia Lindgr. Bot. Not. 1841: 151 (1841), nom. illeg.
Avena intermedia T.Lestib. Botanogr. Belg. 2: 36 (1827).
Avena japonica Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 231 (1854).
Avena lanuginosa Gilib. Excerc. Phyt. 2: 539 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Avena ludoviciana subvar. glabrescens (Durieu ex Godr.) Husn. Graminées: 39 (1897).
Avena ludoviciana var. glabrescens Durieu ex Godr. in J.C.M.Grenier & G.Godron, Fl. France Corse 3: 513 (1856).
Avena meridionalis (Malzev) Roshev. in B.A.Fedchenko & al., Fl. Turkmen. 1: 105 (1932).
Avena meridionalis var. grandis Roshev. in B.A.Fedchenko & al., Fl. Turkmen. 1: 106 (1932).
Avena nigra Wallr. Erst. Beitr. Fl. Hercyn.: 174 (1840).
Avena occidentalis Durieu Index Seminum (BORD, Burdigala) 1864: 25 (1864).
Avena patens St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8. 2: 921 (1889), nom. superfl.
Avena persica var. glabrescens (Durieu ex Godr.) Tzvelev Zlaki Rossii: 153 (2019).
Avena pilosa Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 86 (1771), nom. superfl.
Avena sativa subsp. fatua (L.) Fiori Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 109 (1923).
Avena sativa var. fatua (L.) Fiori Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 109 (1923).
Avena sativa subsp. fatua (L.) Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 56: 319 (1912).
Avena sativa var. sericea Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 275 (1896).
Avena septentrionalis Malzev Trudy Byuro Prikl. Bot. 6: 915 (1913).
Avena sterilis Delile ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 543 (1884), pro syn.
Avena sterilis subsp. fatua (L.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 359 (1894).
Avena sterilis var. glabrescens (Durieu ex Godr.) Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 56: 314 (1911).
Avena sterilis subvar. glabrescens (Durieu ex Godr.) Husn. Graminées: 39 (1897).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Avena fatua	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Avena fatua L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Avena fatua L. var. glabrata Peterm.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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