Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
(jong) osgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
balraja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
belathana	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
bilwagaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
biǎn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
capim-pé-de-galinha	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
crab grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
crabgrass	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
crow s foot grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
crow's foot grass	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
crowfoot (grass)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
crowfoot grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
cỏ mần trầu	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
dog's tail	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dog's tail grass	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
ganjalada hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goose grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gwezere	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hakki kaalina hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hecchulli hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hechhuli hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian goose-grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
indiese osgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jharnpriya kodu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jharua	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jong osgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jongospol (gras)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jungochsengras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kaadu raagi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaaruchodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuchodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevuru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khurd	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khurd-mendi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuncappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuror	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
land grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lang krai	Other	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
lia-ngoetsi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
long zhao ji	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mahaar naachni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mahar-nachni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malankur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malankuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mangrassi	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
molia-ngoetsi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mombe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
monya-khomo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
moqhala-ngoetsi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
moseli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nachon	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
namarrupe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nandiaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nandimukha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nandimukhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natno	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niujincao	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
niú dùn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
niú jīn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
osgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
paragis	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pata de gallina	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
pé-de-galinha	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
qhala-ngoetsi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
qiān jīn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
qiān rén bá	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rannachani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rapoko grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rumput sambau	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rutsa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sagádi	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
sambu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sawi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shawi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sterkpol	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thippa ragi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tzengue	Other	Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006)
u(m)nyankomo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umnyalakhobe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umnyankomo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wal kurakkan	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
wire grass	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
xī shuài cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yard grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yardgrass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yā jiǎo cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yě jī zhǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ǎi bù rā	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
බැලතණ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
වල් කුරක්කන්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
千人拔	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
千斤草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
千金草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
扁草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
牛筋草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
牛頓草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蟋蟀草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
野鸡爪	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鸭脚草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Leaves, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
whole plant with roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
roots	root juice	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
aerial parts		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root		Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006)
whole plant		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Whole plant		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
root		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 30 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cynosurus indicus L. Sp. Pl.: 72 (1753).
Juncus loureiroana Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 238 (1929).
Chloris repens Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 353 (1840), pro syn.
Cynodon indicus (L.) Raspail Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 303 (1825).
Cynosurus ara Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 3816 I (1831), nom. nud.
Cynosurus pectinatus Lam. Encycl. 2: 188 (1786).
Eleusine distachya Trin. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 549 (1840), pro syn.
Eleusine distans Moench Methodus: 210 (1794), nom. superfl.
Eleusine distans Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 61 (1821), nom. illeg.
Eleusine domingensis Sieber ex Schult. Mant. 2: 323 (1824), pro syn.
Eleusine glabra Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 53 (1827).
Eleusine gonantha Schrank Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 191 (1824).
Eleusine gouinii E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 146 (1886).
Eleusine inaequalis E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 145 (1886).
Eleusine indica var. major E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 145 (1886).
Eleusine indica var. monostachya F.M.Bailey Queensl. Fl. 6: 1898 (1902).
Eleusine indica var. monostachys Bailey Queensl. Fl. 6: 1898 (1902).
Eleusine indica var. oligostachya Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 41: 636 (1927).
Eleusine indica var. sandaensis Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 11: 122 (1920), nom. provis.
Eleusine japonica Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 211 (1854).
Eleusine macrosperma Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 150 (1812).
Eleusine marginata Lindl. in T.L.Mitchell, Three Exped. Australia 1: 819 (1838).
Eleusine pectinata (Lam.) Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 203 (1792).
Eleusine polydactyla Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 211 (1854).
Eleusine rigidifolia E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 146 (1886).
Eleusine scabra E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 145 (1886).
Eleusine textilis Welw. J. Trav. Nat. Hist. 1: 31 (1868), nom. provis.
Leptochloa pectinata (Lam.) Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 91 (1829).
Paspalum dissectum Kniph. Bot. Orig., ed. 2, 11: n.° 741 (1764), nom. illeg.
Poa spicata Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 362 (1841), pro syn.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cynosurus indicus L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Eleusine indica	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Eleusine indica (L.)	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) 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)
Eleusine indica (L.)Gaertn.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Eleusine indica (L.)Gaertn. indica	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Eleusine indica (Linn.) Gaertn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Eleusine indica Gaertin.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Eleusine indica Gaertn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Eleusine indica Gaertn. f.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Eleusine indica Gaertner	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Eleusine indica subsp. indica	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
Juncus loureiranus	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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