Plant Details

Accepted name:: Paspalum scrobiculatum L. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aaraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
allu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
arige chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arikalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arikelu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asakalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baraga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baragu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camarutaccivaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantirakikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantirakikavarici	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catcamam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
commerson grass/paspalum	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common native paspalum	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common paspalum	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
creeping paspalum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ditch grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ditch grass/millet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ditch millet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dronkgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
genjoran	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
haaraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haaraka akki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haaraka hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haarike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
harak	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
haraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
harakuhullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hareek	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
harik	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
harike	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
india paspalum	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
indian paspalum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
isiamuyisane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jaringan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kanakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuvaragupullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuvargupullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevaaiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khre dan ci tse	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiraruga	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koda millet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
koda-hirs	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kodaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kodaraa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kodava	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koddara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodnu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kodo aadhaan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kodo millet	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kodoan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kododhaam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kodohirse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kodon	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kodra millet	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kodrava	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kodravah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodravaḥ (grain)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kodro	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kodru	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodua	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
koradusa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koradusha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koradūṣah	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
koradūṣakaḥ	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
korattusam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kordrava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
korduusha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kottiravam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krodava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuddala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuranpul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
limnofulia mu mema	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
macaccittiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madanagraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mijo koda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
munipaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalea	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
native millet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
native millet/paspalum	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
native paspalum	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nattiyosam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niraaruga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nita-ari-gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paata arige chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pakad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panivaraku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paplya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pataarige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payarranku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piccakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puttakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rice grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ricegrass	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
scrobic paspalum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
slootgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
suket kinangan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
suzume-no-kobie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tottiravam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsa tse	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uddala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uddalaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanakodrava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vapitam	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varagu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
varaku	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
veld paspalum	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
veldpaspalum	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
water couch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild paspalum	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wildes dallesgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ya jie cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
අමු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Seed, whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed	dehusked and well-matured caryopsis	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 53 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Paspalum borbonicum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 27 (1853).
Paspalum cartilagineum J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 216 (1830).
Paspalum commersonii Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 175 (1791).
Paspalum jardinii Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 18 (1853).
Paspalum ledermannii Mez Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 65 (1917).
Paspalum polystachyum R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 188 (1810).
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. commersonii (Lam.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 573 (1919).
Paspalum zollingeri Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 28 (1853).
Paspalum adelogaeum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 27 (1853).
Paspalum akoense Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 7: 53 (1918).
Paspalum amazonicum Trin. Linnaea 10: 294 (1836).
Paspalum auriculatum J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 217 (1830).
Paspalum barbatum Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 53 (1827), nom. illeg.
Paspalum boscianum Flüggé Gram. Monogr., Paspalum: 170 (1810).
Paspalum cartilagineum var. biglumaceum Fosberg & Sachet Micronesica 18: 81 (1982 publ. 1984).
Paspalum coloratum Rich. ex Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(2): 78 (1877), pro syn.
Paspalum commersonii var. hirsutum Jansen Reinwardtia 2: 319 (1953).
Paspalum commersonii var. polystachyum (R.Br.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 576 (1920).
Paspalum commersonii var. turgidum (Buse) Jansen Reinwardtia 2: 320 (1953).
Paspalum commutatum Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 59 (1829).
Paspalum confertum Leconte J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 91: 285 (1820).
Paspalum coromandelinum Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 175 (1791).
Paspalum deightonii (C.E.Hubb.) Clayton Kew Bull. 30: 104 (1975).
Paspalum dissectum var. grande Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 15 (1841).
Paspalum firmum Trin. Gram. Panic.: 105 (1826).
Paspalum frumentaceum Rottler ex P.Beauv Ess. Agrostogr.: 10, 171 (1812), pro syn.
Paspalum horneri Henrard Blumea 1: 306 (1935).
Paspalum kora Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 332 (1797).
Paspalum mauritanicum Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 26 (1853), nom. superfl.
Paspalum metabolon Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 19 (1853).
Paspalum metzii Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 21 (1853).
Paspalum moratii Toutain Austrobaileya 3: 724 (1992).
Paspalum orbiculare var. cartilagineum (J.Presl) Summerh. & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1930: 257 (1930).
Paspalum palustre Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 9: 246 (1918), nom. provis.
Paspalum polo F.M.Bailey Queensland Agric. J. 1: 234 (1897).
Paspalum puberulum Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 316 (1817).
Paspalum pubescens R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 188 (1810), nom. illeg.
Paspalum purpurascens Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 108 (1816).
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. auriculatum (J.Presl) Merr. Philipp. J. Sci. 1(Suppl.): 345 (1906).
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. bispicatum Hack. ex Merr. Fl. Manila: 86 (1912).
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. bispiculatum Hack. Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 20: 146 (1914).
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. deightonii C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 40 (1928).
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. frumentaceum Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 575 (1919), not validly publ.
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. gracillimum Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 288 (1915).
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. horneri (Henrard) de Koning & Sosef Blumea 30: 307 (1985).
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. jardinii (Steud.) Franch. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 338 (1895).
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. polystachyum (R.Br.) A.Chev. Sudania 1: 33 (1911).
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. turgidum Buse in W.H.de Vriese, Pl. Ind. Bat. Orient.: 113 (1857).
Paspalum scrobiculatum var. velutinum Hack. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 6: 233 (1885).
Paspalum serpens J.Presl ex Trin. Gram. Panic.: 102 (1826).
Paspalum virgatum Walter Fl. Carol.: 75 (1788), nom. illeg.
Paspalum virgatum var. latifolium Alph.Wood Amer. Bot. Fl. 2: 390 (1871).
Paspalum virgatum var. purpurascens (Elliott) Alph.Wood Class-book Bot.: 781 (1861).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pasapalum scrobiculatum Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Paspalum borbonicum Steud.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Paspalum cartilagineum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Paspalum cartilagineum Presl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Paspalum commerasoni	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Paspalum commersonii Lam.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Paspalum jardinii Steud.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Paspalum ledermannii Mez	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Paspalum polystachyum R.Br.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Paspalum scrobiculatum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Paspalum scrobiculatum (L.) Berg.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Paspalum scrobiculatum L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Paspalum scrobiculatum L. var. commersonii (Lam.) Stapf	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Paspalum scrobiculatum Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Paspalum scropiculatum L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Paspalum zolingeri	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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