Echinochloa colonum

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.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
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.

Habit

Annual

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
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Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information

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.

Commonly seen growing in areas

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

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External Links

• Echinochloa colonum on feedipedia.org
• Echinochloa colonum on knowledgebank.irri.org