Plant Details

Accepted name:: Melinis minutiflora P.Beauv. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
capim-gordura	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
fwetete	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
leka mbwa (dog’s bed)	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Agrostis glutinosa Fisch. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 138 (1833).
Agrostis glutinosa Nees Horae Phys. Berol.: 47, 54 (1820), pro syn.
Agrostis polypogon Salzm. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 178 (1854), pro syn.
Melinis maitlandii Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 445 (1926).
Melinis maitlandii f. mutica (Chiov.) Robyns Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 9: 197 (1932).
Melinis minutiflora var. glutinosa (Nees) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 356 (1898).
Melinis minutiflora f. inermis (Döll) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 932 (1930).
Melinis minutiflora var. inermis (Döll) Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 200 (1899).
Melinis minutiflora var. inodora Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 356 (1898).
Melinis minutiflora f. mutica Chiov. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 79 (1919), nom. illeg.
Melinis minutiflora var. mutica Hack. Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 1, 89: 126 (1884).
Melinis minutiflora var. pilosa Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 447 (1899).
Melinis minutiflora var. setigera Clayton Kew Bull. 21: 113 (1967).
Melinis purpurea Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 444 (1926).
Melinis tenuinervis Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 310 (1922).
Melinis tenuinervis f. mutica Stapf & C.E.Hubb. ex Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1): 157 (1930), nom. nud.
Melinis tenuinervis var. parvispicula Stapf & C.E.Hubb. ex Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1): 157 (1930), nom. nud.
Muhlenbergia brasiliensis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 177 (1854).
Panicum melinis Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 3(2): 291 (1834), nom. superfl.
Panicum melinis var. inerme Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(2): 242 (1877).
Panicum minutiflorum (P.Beauv.) Raspail Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 299 (1825).
Suardia picta Schrank Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac.: t. 58 (1819).
Tristegis glutinosa Nees Horae Phys. Berol.: 47, 54 (1820).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Melinis minutiflora	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Melinis minutiflora Beauv.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Melinis minutiflora Beauvois	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Melinis minutiflora P. Beauv.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Melinis minutiflora P.Beauv.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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