Dactyloctenium AEGYPTIUM (L.) Beauv.
| Synonym : | Eleusine aegyptiaca L. Aegilops saccharina Walter Chloris mucronata Michx. Eleusine prostrata Spreng. Rabdochloa mucronata (Michx.) P.Beauv. |
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| Bangla Name : | Makra. |
| English Name : | Indian Millet. |
| Family : | Poaceae |
| Disease : | Pain and ulcer. |
| Description : | An erect or prostrate annual grass, rooting from the proliferously branched nodes, culms geniculately ascending, compressed, 2-3 noded. Leaves linear, tapering to a fine point, 2-10 cm long. Spikes 2-6, rarely solitary 0.5-4 cm long, spikelets 3-5-flowered, spreading at right angles, up to 3 mm long. |
| Distribution : | All over the country in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The grass contains oxalic acid and oxalates, glutamic and aspartic acids, cystine and tyrosine. Presence of cyanogenic glycosides have also been reported. Roots contain saponins and carbohydrates (Ghani, 2003). |
| Uses : | Grains are given to mother after childbirth suffering from bellyache. Decoction of seeds is used as alleviator of pains in the region of kidney. The herbaceous parts are applied externally for the cure of ulcers. |
| Habit : | - |