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Echinochloa colonum

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Echinochloa colonum is a clump-forming, annual grass producing stems 10 - 100cm long that can be ascending or decumbent. Seen more commonly as a famine food, the plant is sometimes cultivated by local people in Africa for its edible seed.

Uses

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Parts Used

Leaves, Seeds.

Chemical Composition

[1]

Common names

Language Common name
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Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Annual

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Jungle rice is an annual plant that can succeed in a wide range of environments from the temperate zone to the tropics.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Waste places, Cultivated fields, Ditches, Swampy places, Damp places.

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References

  1. [Chemistry]
  2. [Morphology]
  3. Cultivation

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