Eleusine INDICA (L.) Gaertn.
| Synonym : | Agropyron geminatum Schult. & Schult.f. Cynodon indicus (L.) Raspail Eleusine japonica Steud. Juncus loureiroana Schult. & Schult.f. Leptochloa pectinata (Lam.) Kunth Triticum geminatum Spreng. |
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| Bangla Name : | Malangakuri, Malankuri., Saug Oong Marak (Marma). |
| English Name : | Crowfoot Grass, Crab Grass. |
| Family : | Poaceae |
| Disease : | Convulsion and liver complaints. |
| Description : | An annual grass, 30-60 cm high, tufted, slightly compressed. Leaves distichous, flat or folded, as long as the stem, linear. Spikes 2-7 or more, 5-12.5 cm long, with sometimes one or two detached spikes below the umbel, digitate, suberect. |
| Distribution : | Throughout Bangladesh in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Plant contains cyanogenetic glucoside, triglochinin, ochratoxin A and ?-amylase inhibitors. Grains contain albuminoids, starch and fatty oil. Seed coat contains phenolic compounds and flavonoids (Ghani, 2003). Orientin, isoorientin, vitexin, isovitexin, s |
| Uses : | The whole plant, especially the root is considered diaphoretic and antipyretic. Decoction of plant is used for convulsion in children. It is much used in liver complaints. |
| Habit : | Herb |