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Cynodon dactylon - Dhurva

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{{stub}}[[File:Cynodon dactylon plant1 (6920282935).jpg|thumb|right|''Doorwa'', ''Cynodon dactylon'']]'''Doorwa''', Cynodon dactylon is a short-lived, prostrate, perennial grass that creeps along the ground and roots wherever a node touches the ground, quickly forming a dense mat. The erect or ascending culms are generally 5 - 45cm long, occasionally to 130 cm. The plant has a wide range of uses. Occasionally employed as a food, it is commonly used for a wide variety of medicinal purposes.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Conjunctivitis}}, {{Uses|Bleeding disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Scorpion bite}}
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==Parts Used==
{Parts Used|Leaves}}
 
==Chemical Composition==
 
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=ambate, ambate hullu, balli garike, doorve, garike, garike hullu|ml=beli-caraga, karuka, karukappullu|sa=amrita, ananta, anuvallika, asitalata, bahucirya, bhargavi, dhurva, mahaushadi, mahavari, mangala, nanda, niladurva, sahsravirya, shiveshta|ta=rugam pullu, arugam-pillu, arugampillu, arugampul, arugampullu|te=garika gaddi, garike, gariki-gaddi, gerichagadd|hi=dhub, dobri, dru|en=Bermuda grass}}
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==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
 
===Rasa===
Madhura (Sweet), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
Madhura (Sweet)
===Karma===
Pitta, Kapha
===Prabhava===
 
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
 
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves 1-10 x 0.1-0.5 cm, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, glaucous; sheaths keeled; ligules fimbriate, membranous.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
 
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal spikes||3|Inflorescence of terminal, digitate 3-4 spikes; spikes 1-sided, oblong to 5 cm long. Spikelets sessile, 2-3 mm long, oblong-lanceolate, laterally compressed, 1-flowered. Lower glume 1.5-2 x 0.5 mm, lanceolate, chartaceous,1-nerved; upper glume c. 2 x 0.5 mm, lanceolate, chartaceous, 1-nerved; lemma 2-3 x 1.5-2 mm, boat-shaped, ovate-oblong when spread, keeled; palea 2-2.5 x 0.5-1 mm, boat-shaped or oblong when spread, chartaceous. Stamens 3; anthers 1-1.5 mm long. Ovary c. 0.5 mm long, oblong; stigmas 0.5-1 mm long, pink. }}
 
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Caryopsis|1 mm|Linear||}}
 
===Other features===
 
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
 
 
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
 
==How to plant/cultivate==
 
 
===Season to grow===
 
===Soil type===
 
 
===Propagation===
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}
 
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Cynodon dactylon Panchkhal.JPG|Leaves
File:Starr 011104-0024 Cynodon dactylon.jpg|Habitat
File:Cynodon dactylon head7 - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man.jpg|Flower
File:Couch grass (6700329481).jpg|Flower
 
</gallery>
 
==References==
 
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2017/10/15/durva-cynodon-dactylon-bermuda-grass/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
 
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cynodon%20dactylon]
* [https://scialert.net/fulltextmobile/?doi=rjmp.2011.508.514]
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