Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Eleusine indica
Scientific Name and Description
Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.
Herb Family
Plant type
Grass
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | crab grass, crow s foot grass, goose grass, yardgrass |
| Hindi | balraja, jharnpriya kodu, malankuri, mandla |
| Kannada | bilwagaja, ganjalada hoo, hakki kaalina hullu, hecchulli hullu, hechhuli hullu, kaadu raagi |
| Marathi | khurd, khurd-mendi, malankur, nachon, natno, rannachani |
| Sanskrit | nandimukhi |
| Tamil | kevuru, kuncappul, thippa ragi |
| Telugu | kaaruchodi, karuchodi, kuror |
| Common names | goosegrass ,crowfootgrass, Indian goosegrass, yard-grass,goosegrass, wiregrass, crowfootgrass, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. Grass Whole plant Snakebite; fever; for reducing blood sugar level; dysentery; prevent soil erosion; antiabortion General; pregnant women Dey and De 2012, Srithi et al. 2009
References
Literature
Literature
Dey and De 2012
Srithi et al. 2009
DRAVYAGUNA VIGNANA VOL.2,5,5N Author - PROF. P.V. SHARMA
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 3 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
FLORA OF ASSAM Author - KANJILAL & BOR
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons) Author - Ed B D Sharma, S Karthikeyan, N P Singh
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
The Flora of the Palni Hills Vol-3 Author - K.M. Matthew
he Flora of Orissa Vol IV Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 2 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL III(MONOCOTS) Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Eleusine indica. (2024, March 8). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusine_indica