Cyperus ROTUNDUS L.
| Synonym : | Chlorocyperus rotundus (L.) Palla Cyperus bicolor Vahl Cyperus hydra Michx. Pycreus rotundus (L.) Hayek Schoenus tuberosus Burm.f. |
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| Bangla Name : | Mutha, Nagarmutha, Bhadailla. |
| English Name : | Nut Grass. |
| Family : | Cyperaceae |
| Disease : | Astringent, digestive, tonic, stimulant, stomachic, diuretic, carminative, diaphoretic, emmenagogue, vermifuge, fever, diarrhoea, dyspepsia, dysentery, vomiting, cholera, wounds and sores. |
| Description : | A slender, glabrous sedge, stolons slender, 10-20 cm long, bearing ovoid, black, fragrant tubers, 0.8-2.5 cm diam. Leaves shorter or longer than the stem, narrowly linear, 4-8 mm broad. Umbel simple or compound, rays 2-8, the longest reaching 7.5 cm long, bearing short spikes of 3-10 slender, spreading red-brown spikelets. |
| Distribution : | Throughout the country in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The nutty tubes/rhizomes contain an essential oil of antibiotic nature, consisting of mono-, sesqui- and triterpenoid compounds including patchoulenone, cyperonone, cyperotundone, ?- and ?-rotunol and nor-sesquiterpenes, kobusone, iso-kobusone. Mustakone, |
| Uses : | Tubers are astringent, digestive, tonic, stimulant, stomachic, diuretic, carminative, diaphoretic, emmenagogue and vermifuge. Decoction of the tubers is given in fever, diarrhoea, dyspepsia, and stomach complaints, infusion is useful in dysentery, vomitin |
| Habit : | - |