Plant Details

Accepted name:: Digitaria eriantha Steud. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bloukruisgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common finger grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dzhausin\|ai-\|x'uisi(-)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
finger grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
injica	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
inzica	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isikhonko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kleinvingergras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mangole maseka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mmoyana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ndewuru-kyao.ku-doa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ndewuru-kyaoku-doa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pongola finger grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
smuts finger grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vingergras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wolliges fingergras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wolvingergras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
woolly fingergrass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|?m	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 22 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Digitaria bechuanica (Stent) Henrard Monogr. Digitaria: 295 (1950).
Digitaria commutata subsp. eriantha (Steud.) Maire Fl. Afrique N. 1: 301 (1952).
Digitaria decumbens Stent Bothalia 3: 150 (1930).
Digitaria dinteri Henrard Blumea 1: 97 (1934).
Digitaria eriantha subsp. pentzii (Stent) Kok Bothalia 13: 457 (1981).
Digitaria eriantha var. stolonifera Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 375 (1898).
Digitaria eriantha subsp. stolonifera (Stapf) Kok Bothalia 13: 457 (1981), no basionym ref.
Digitaria eriantha subsp. transvaalensis Kok Bothalia 13: 457 (1981).
Digitaria geniculata Stent Bothalia 3: 154 (1930).
Digitaria glauca Stent Bothalia 3: 151 (1930), nom. illeg.
Digitaria glauca var. bechuanica Stent Bothalia 3: 152 (1930).
Digitaria hiascens Mez Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 193 (1921).
Digitaria livida Henrard Blumea 1: 101 (1934).
Digitaria nemoralis Henrard Monogr. Digitaria: 488 (1950).
Digitaria pentzii Stent Bothalia 3: 147 (1930).
Digitaria pentzii var. minor Stent Bothalia 3: 148 (1930).
Digitaria pentzii var. stolonifera (Stapf) Henrard Monogr. Digitaria: 544 (1950).
Digitaria smutsii Stent Bothalia 1: 268 (1924).
Digitaria stentiana Henrard Blumea 1: 97 (1934).
Digitaria umfolozi D.W.Hall Turrialba 33: 327 (1983).
Digitaria valida Stent Bothalia 3: 148 (1930).
Digitaria valida var. glauca Stent Bothalia 3: 149 (1930).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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