MG020 : Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
581 |
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| Class |
: Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Order |
: Cyperales |
| Family |
: Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family |
| Genus |
: Dactyloctenium Willd. - crowfoot grass |
| Species |
: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. - Egyptian grass |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
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| Plant Category : |
Grasses |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
- |
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| Plant Family : |
Gramineae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
K-Kada Zara, Crowfoot Grass, beach wiregrass, coast button grass, comb fringe grass, Duck grass, Durban crowfoot, Egyptian fingergrass, Egyptian grass, finger comb grass, four-finger grass, Makra, Pungphai |
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| Synonym : |
Eleusine aegyptiaca
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| Description : |
Crowfoot Grass is a slender to moderately robust, spreading annual herb, with wiry stems, that bend and root at the lower nodes, with tips that may rise to about 2 ft in height. It is a very common weed of open spaces and wasteland. Leaves are typically grass-like,2-30 cm long, 2-9 mm wide, with blades and sheaths that are without hair. Leaf margins have long, stiff hairs. Flowers arise in 1-7 spikes, 1-6.2 cm long, 3-7 mm wide, at the tip of stems. Seed head resembles a crow's foot, hence the common name. Crowfoot Grass is native to Africa, but naturalized world-wide. |
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| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : |
anti-oxidant, anti-inflamatory,
anti-cancer and anti-pyretic properties
(Khumbongmayum et al., 2005; Hansakul et al., 2009; Jananie et al., 2011) and is used for treating small pox, wounds and
ulcers (Heuze et al., 2013). In Manipur, juice of fresh plants is prescribed in fevers. Decoction of the plant is given in small pox. |
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| Plant's Phytochemicals : |
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| Reference : |
~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :
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