Plant Details

Accepted name:: Leersia hexandra Sw. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
banto	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bareet grass	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
benta	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
club head cut grass	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kalamenta	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
karante jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
layoo	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
lev	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
rice grass	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
水游草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
游草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Roots, Stem		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 37 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Blepharochloa ciliata Endl. Gen. Pl.: 1352 (1840).
Hygroryza ciliata (Retz.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 783 (1841).
Asprella australis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 267 (1817).
Asprella brasiliensis (Spreng.) Schult. Mant. 2: 153 (1824).
Asprella hexandra (Sw.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 2, 153 (1812).
Asprella mexicana (Kunth) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 267 (1817).
Asprella purpurea Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 376 (1837), nom. nud.
Homalocenchrus gouinii (E.Fourn.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 777 (1891).
Homalocenchrus hexander (Sw.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 777 (1891).
Leersia abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 356 (1850).
Leersia aegyptiaca Fig. & De Not. Agrost. Aegypt. Fragm. 2: 5 (1853).
Leersia australis R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 210 (1810).
Leersia brasiliensis Spreng. Novi Provent.: 47 (1819).
Leersia capensis Müll.Hal. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 14: 345 (1856).
Leersia ciliaris Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 2 (1851).
Leersia ciliata (Retz.) Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 26 (1814).
Leersia compressa A.Chev. Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 31: 380 (1951).
Leersia contracta Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 516 (1829).
Leersia dubia F.Aresch. Pl. Itin. Eugeniae: 115 (1910).
Leersia elongata Willd. ex Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 172 (1840), pro syn.
Leersia ferox Fig. & De Not. Agrost. Aegypt. Fragm. 2: 7 (1853).
Leersia glaberrima Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 173 (1840).
Leersia gouinii E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 2 (1886).
Leersia gracilis Willd. ex Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 173 (1840), pro syn.
Leersia griffithiana Müll.Hal. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 14: 345 (1856).
Leersia luzonensis J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 207 (1830).
Leersia mauritanica Salzm. ex Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 174 (1840).
Leersia mauritiaca Salzm. ex Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 74 (1839).
Leersia mexicana Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 195 (1816).
Leersia parviflora Desv. Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 165 (1831).
Leersia triniana Sieber ex Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 174 (1840), pro syn.
Oryza australis R.Br. ex Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 300 (1867), nom. nud.
Oryza hexandra (Sw.) Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 10 (1871).
Oryza mexicana (Kunth) Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 10 (1871).
Pharus ciliatus Retz. Observ. Bot. 5: 23 (1789).
Pseudoryza ciliata (Retz.) Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat.: t. 144 (1851).
Zizania ciliata (Retz.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 136 (1825).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Blepharochloa ciliata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hygroryza ciliata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Laersia hexandra Swartz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Leeris hexandra	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Leersia exandra Swartz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Leersia hexandra	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Leersia hexandra Sw.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) 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)
Leersia hexandra Swartz	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leersia hexandra Swartz.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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