Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
jobuk	Other	Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)
kaatunilapul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 28 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Centotheca latifolia Trin. Fund. Agrost.: 141 (1820), nom. superfl.
Andropogon latifolius (Osbeck) Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 166 (1829), nom. illeg.
Anthoxanthum pulchellum D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 1: 69 (1839), orth. var.
Anthoxanthum pulcherrimum Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 36 (1790).
Cenchrus lappaceus L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1488 (1763).
Centotheca lappacea var. inermis Rendle J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 420 (1904).
Centotheca lappacea subsp. inermis (Rendle) T.Koyama Grass. Japan: 497 (1987).
Centotheca lappacea var. longilamina (Ohwi) Bor Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan: 459 (1960).
Centotheca latifolia var. inermis (Rendle) Sasaki List Pl. Formosa: 62 (1928).
Centotheca longilamina Ohwi Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 10 (1947).
Centotheca parviflora Andersson in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 559 (1864).
Cynosurus ciliaris Raspail Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 446 (1825), nom. nud.
Festuca blepharophora Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 728 (1817).
Festuca ciliaris B.Heyne ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 728 (1817), pro syn.
Festuca virgata B.Heyne ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 633 (1840), pro syn.
Hierochloe latifolia (Osbeck) Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 21 (1829).
Holcus latifolius Osbeck Dagb. Ostind. Resa: 247 (1757).
Melica diandra Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 329 (1832).
Melica lappacea (L.) Raspail Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 443 (1825).
Melica philippensis Llanos Fragm. Pl. Filip.: 44 (1851).
Melica refracta Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 329 (1832).
Oplismenus magellanicus (Lam.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 485 (1817).
Panicum festuciforme Hochst. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 332 (1896).
Panicum magellanicum Lam. Encycl. 4: 732 (1798).
Poa latifolia (Osbeck) G.Forst. Fl. Ins. Austr.: 8 (1786).
Torresia biflora Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 515 (1817), pro syn.
Torresia latifolia (Osbeck) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 515 (1817).
Uniola lappacea (L.) Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 358 (1830).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Centosteca lappacea (L.) Desv.	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994)
Centotheca lappacea	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Centotheca lappacea (L.) Desv.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Centotheca lappacea Desv.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)
Centotheca latifolia	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Centotheca latifolia Trin.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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