Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ságadi	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
walang	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, root		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Olyra arundinacea Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 197 (1816).
Olyra brasiliensis Desv. Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 210 (1831), nom. illeg.
Olyra brevifolia Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 402 (1827).
Olyra cordifolia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 198 (1816).
Olyra cordifolia var. scabriuscula Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(2): 317 (1877).
Olyra guineensis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 37 (1853).
Olyra latifolia var. arundinacea (Kunth) Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 535 (1864).
Olyra latifolia var. glabriuscula Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(2): 316 (1877), nom. superfl.
Olyra latifolia var. pubescens (Raddi) Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(2): 316 (1877).
Olyra latifolia var. vestita Henrard in A.A.Pulle, Fl. Suriname 1: 121 (1943).
Olyra media Desv. Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 210 (1831).
Olyra paniculata Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 347 (1788).
Olyra pubescens Raddi Agrostogr. Bras.: 18 (1823).
Olyra scabra Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 306 (1829).
Olyra surinamensis Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 36 (1853).
Stipa latifolia (L.) Raspail Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 449 (1825).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Olyra latifolia L.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Olyra latifolia Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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