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Accepted name:: Setaria megaphylla (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
buffel grass	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
horse grass	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kangeni	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kangiya	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:

Setaria chevalieri Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 842 (1930).
Agrostis flabellata Salzm. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 53 (1853), pro syn.
Panicum flabellatum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 53 (1853).
Panicum megaphyllum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 53 (1853).
Panicum oligochaete (K.Schum.) Kneuck. Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 21: 28 (1915).
Panicum phyllomacrum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 53 (1853).
Panicum plicatile Hochst. Flora 38: 198 (1855).
Panicum plicatile var. glabrescens Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 8: 31 (1908).
Panicum plicatile var. pilosum Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 8: 31 (1908).
Panicum prolisetum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 52 (1853).
Panicum sulcatum var. stenophyllum Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 46 (1902).
Setaria acuta Stapf & C.E.Hubb. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 846 (1930).
Setaria chevalieri var. racemosa de Wit Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 11 (1941), no Latin descr.
Setaria insignis de Wit Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 13 (1941).
Setaria macrophylla Andersson in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 550 (1864).
Setaria megaphylla var. chevalieri (Stapf) Berhaut in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine, ed. 2: 401 (1954).
Setaria natalensis de Wit Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 19 (1941).
Setaria oligochaete K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 105 (1895).
Setaria phyllomacra (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 774 (1894).
Setaria plicatilis (Hochst.) Hack. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891(2): 121 (1892).
Setaria proliseta (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 774 (1894).
Setaria sulcata subsp. latifolia Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 682 (1925), nom. nud.
Setaria sulcata subsp. parvifolia Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 682 (1925), nom. nud.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Setaria chevalieri Stapf.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Setaria megaphylla	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Setaria megaphylla (Steud.) T. Durand & Schinz	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Setaria megaphylla (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Setaria megaphylla Burret et Schauer	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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