Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Scientific Name and Description
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd.
Herb Family
Plant type
Grass
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Eleusine aegyptiaca DESF.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Meitei | Damung-balang Meitei |
| Manipuri | Punghai |
| English | crow foot grass, egyptian grass |
| Hindi | kuri, makaro, makra, makri, manchi |
| Kannada | kaadu raagi hullu, kaadu ragi hullu, konana thale hullu |
| Malayalam | kavara-pullu, kavarapullu |
| Sanskrit | markatahastatrna, markatatrna, nrttakoundaka, takrahva, timira, vasira |
| Tamil | aricippul, matankappul, mattanga-pillu, mattankayppul, mutankali, mutankalippul, purakam , purakappul, sodi, tamida |
| Telugu | muttengapillu, nela raagi |
| Common names | Crowfoot Grass , Dungan weed, Egyptian crowfoot grass |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. Grass Whole plant Dysentery; anti-inflammatory; worm infection; wounds; kidney pain; ulcer General Dileep and Nair 2015
References
Literature
Literature
Dileep and Nair 2015
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Dactyloctenium aegyptium. (2024, January 15). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactyloctenium_aegyptium