Schoenoplectus GROSSUS (L.f.) Palla.
| Synonym : | Scirpus grossus L.f. S. kysoor Roxb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Kasuru, Kesur. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Cyperaceae |
| Disease : | Astringent, laxative, tonic, alexiteric, cooling, diuretic, diarrhoea, biliousness, fevers and gonorrhea. |
| Description : | A large club-rush, rootstock stout, stoloniferous or not, stem 1.8-3 m high, as thick as the little finger, triquetrous. Leaves few, radical 60-90 cm long, much keeled. Spikelets subglobosely ovoid, 4-10 mm long, dark brown, in large corymbiform, decompound terminal, open or contracted umbels, 7.5-20 cm diam. |
| Distribution : | St. Martin’s Island, North Bengal and eastern districts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Roots and tubers are astringent, laxative, tonic to the liver, alexiteric, cooling and diuretic, useful in diarrhoea with vomiting, biliousness, burning sensations, fevers and gonorrhoea. Roots are chewed to disguise the taste of medicines and to check si |
| Habit : | - |