Plant Details

Accepted name:: Chloris gayana Kunth [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
giant rhodes	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rhodesgrass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rhoolsoohullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chloris abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 406 (1850).
Chloris gayana subsp. oligostachya Murb. Contr. Fl. Nord-Ouest Afrique 4: 8 (1900).
Chloris gayana f. oligostachya (Murb.) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 2: 204 (1953).
Chloris glabrata Andersson in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 557 (1864).
Chloris multiradiata var. ragazzii Pirotta Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 157 (1896).
Chloris repens Hochst. Flora 38: 204 (1855).
Eustachys gayana (Kunth) Mundy Rhodesia Agric. J. 19: 142 (1922).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chloris gayana	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Chloris gayana Kunth	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) 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)
Chloris gayana Kunth.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Chloris gayana Kunthe	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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