Plant Details

Accepted name:: Paspalum dilatatum Poir. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dallas grass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dallis grass	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dallisgrass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
herbe de miel	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
herbe sirop	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hiku nua	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
miti paspalum tana	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
palpalum dilate	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rumput australi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
water grass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

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

Digitaria dilatata (Poir.) Coste Fl. Descr. France 3: 553 (1906).
Panicum platense (Spreng.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 363 (1898).
Paspalum dilatatum var. chiru Millot ex P.R.Speranza & G.H.Rua Syst. Bot. 47: 128 (2022).
Paspalum dilatatum var. decumbens Vasey Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 166 (1886).
Paspalum dilatatum var. eriophorum (Schult. & Schult.f.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 270 (1841).
Paspalum dilatatum f. paucispica Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 60 (1904), nom. nud.
Paspalum dilatatum var. sacchariferum Arechav. Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 90 (1894).
Paspalum dilatatum var. uruguaianense I.L.Barreto ex Valls & G.H.Rua Syst. Bot. 47: 128 (2022).
Paspalum eriophorum Schult. & Schult.f. Mant. 3: 560 (1827).
Paspalum lanatum Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 30 (1827), nom. illeg.
Paspalum moluccanum Huber Cat. Pl. Exot. 20: 6 (1866), nom. superfl.
Paspalum ovatum Nees ex Trin. Gram. Panic.: 113 (1826), nom. superfl.
Paspalum ovatum var. grandiflorum Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 43 (1829).
Paspalum pedunculare J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 217 (1830).
Paspalum platense Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 247 (1824).
Paspalum selloi Spreng. ex Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 43 (1829), pro syn.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Paspalum dilatatum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Paspalum dilatatum Poir.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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