Plant Details

Accepted name:: Melocanna baccifera (Roxb.) Kurz [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bansalochan	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
terai bamboo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Siliceous Deposition On Culms		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Melocanna bambusoides Trin. in K.P.J.Sprengel, Neue Entd. 2: 43 (1821), nom. superfl.
Bambusa baccifera Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 25 (1814), nom. cons.
Beesha baccifera (Roxb.) Kunth Syn. Pl. Aequin. 1: 253 (1822).
Beesha rheedii Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 141 (1829), nom. superfl.
Nastus baccifera (Roxb.) Raspail Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 442 (1825).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Melocanna baccifera (Roxb.) Kurz	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Melocanna bambusiodes Trin.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Melocanna bambusoides	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Melocanna bambusoides Trin.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Melocanna bambusoides Trinius	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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