Plant Details

Accepted name:: Digitaria exilis (Kippist) Stapf [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
digitaria	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fonio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fonio millet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fundi-hirs	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hungry-rice	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white fonio	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:

Panicum exile (Kippist) A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 726 (1920), nom. illeg.
Paspalum exile Kippist Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 157 (1842).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Digitaria exilis (Kippist) Stapf	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) 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)
Digitaria exilis Stapf.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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