Cynodon DACTYLON (L.)Pers.
| Synonym : | Agrostis stellata Willd. Chloris maritima Trin. Cynodon linearis Willd. Digitaria dactylon (L.) Scop. Fibichia umbellata F. Major Beck Milium dactylon (L.) Moench Phleum dactylon (L.) Georgi |
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| Bangla Name : | Durba, Dubla, Durbaghas. ,Nimjamrao (Marma). |
| English Name : | Dhub Grass, Bermuda Grass, Bahama Grass, Cough Grass. |
| Family : | Poaceae |
| Disease : | Piles, leucorrhoea, toothache, eczema, stomatitis, epistaxis, bruises, hiccup, demulcent, astringent, diuretic, dropsy, hysteria, epilepsy, insanity, chronic diarrhoea, dysentery ND ophthalmia. |
| Description : | A slender, perennial creeping grass forming matted tufts with slender erect or ascending flowering branches. Leaves 2-6 cm long, narrowly linear or lanceolate. Spikes 2-6, radiating from the top of a slender peduncle, 2.5-5 cm long. |
| Distribution : | Very common grass throughout the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The grass contains an essential oil, the triterpenoids, arundoin, lypinone and related compounds. It also contains proteins, carbohydrates and a number of organic acids. Agropyrene, possessing mild antimicrobial activity and triticin, having diuretic acti |
| Uses : | The plant is vulnerary, expectorant and styptic, used in piles, leucorrhoea, toothache, eczema, excessive menstrual discharges, stomatitis, epistaxis, bruises and hiccup. Fresh juice is demulcent, astringent and diuretic, used in fresh cuts and wounds to |
| Habit : | - |