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Echinochloa crus-galli

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Echinochloa crus-galli, hanenpoot.jpg

Echinochloa crus-galli is a clump-forming annual grass with ascending or decumbent stems 30 - 120cm long. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is sometimes cultivated for its edible seed in India. It is also sometimes grown in soil reclamation projects

Uses

Carbuncles, Haemorrhages, Sore, Spleen trouble, Cancer, Wounds

Parts Used

Seeds, Young shoots.

Chemical Composition

[1]

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.

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

Barnyard millet 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

Ditches roadsides, Waste places, Wet places, Rich soils.

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References

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

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