Family • Poaceae / Gramineae
Balili
Echinochloa stagnina (Retz.) P,Beauv.
HIPPO GRASS
Scientific names | Common names |
Echinochloa barbata Vanderyst | Balili (Tag.) |
Echinochloa lelievrei (A.Chev..) Berhaut | Banago (Sub.) |
Echinochloa oryzetorum (A.Chev.) A.Chev. | Lagtomna-pula (Bik.) |
Echinochloa scabra (Lam.) Roem. & Schult. | Timsim (Tag.) |
Echinochloa stagnina (Retz.) P.Beauv. | Uraroi (Bik.) |
Oplismenus scaber (Lam.) Kunth | Burgu grass (Engl.) |
Oplismenus stagninus (Retz.) Kunth | Hippo grass (Engl.) |
Orthopogon stagninus (Retz.) Spreng. | Long-awn water grass (Engl.) |
Panicum burgu A.Chev. | |
Panicum galli Thunb. | |
Panicum lelievrei A.Chev. | |
Panicum scabrum Lam. | |
Panicum sieberianum (Asch. & Schweinf.) Sickenb. | |
Panicum stagninum Retz. | |
Panicum subaristatum Peter | |
Balili is a common names shared by Panicum stagnimum and Juncus effiusus, Pingot (Bon.) | |
Panicum stagninum Retz. is a synonym of Echinochloa stagnina (Retz.) P.Beauv. The Plant List | |
Echinochloa stagnina (Retz.) P.Beauv. is an accepted name The Plant List |
Other vernacular names |
FRENCH: Borgou, Pied de coq du Niger, Roseau sucré, Roseau a miel du Niger. |
HAUSA: Bonekouan, Buuru(u)gu, Sakera.s |
INDONESIAN: Rumput kumpai. |
PORTUGUESE: Capim arroz. |
SWEDISH: Borstig honshirs. |
Distribution Constituents Properties Studies Availability |
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Updated February 2020 / June 2017 / October 2015
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IMAGE SOURCE: Seeds /Echinochloa stagnina (Retz.) P. Beauv. - hippo grass / ECST4 / Jose Hernandez, hosted by the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA |
IMAGE SOURCE: Photograph / Echinochloa stagnina - Fruiting stem / Tariq Stevart / Creative Commons / click on image to go to source page / Useful Tropical Plants |
IMAGE SOURCE: Illustration / Echinochloa stagnina (Retz.) P. Beauv. [as Panicum stagninum Retz.] Wood, J.M., Evans, M.S., Natal plants, vol. 5: t. 492 (1904-1908) / Plant Illustrations |
Additional
Sources and Suggested Readings |
DOI |
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List of Understudied Philippine Medicinal Plants |
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