Concept information
Preferred term
Melinis repens
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Grass, Natal
- Grass, Rose Natal
- Natal Grass
- Natal Grass, Rose
- nee, Tricholaena rosea
- repen, Saccharum
- repens, Rhynchelytrum
- repen, Tricholaena
- Rhynchelytrum repen
- Rhynchelytrum repens
- Rhynchelytrum roseum
- Rhynchelytrum roseums
- rosea nees, Tricholaena
- rosea nee, Tricholaena
- Rose Natal Grass
- roseum, Rhynchelytrum
- Saccharum repen
- Saccharum repens
- Tricholaena repen
- Tricholaena repens
- Tricholaena rosea nee
- Tricholaena rosea nees
Scope note
- Formerly known as Rhynchelytrum repens, a member of the perennial grass family native to South Africa, widely distributed and known by different common names. It is used as a diabetes cure in folk medicine and actively studied for its hypoglycemic properties.
History note
- 2011
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
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Rhynchelytrum repens
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Rosengräs
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D057665
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