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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MG019 : Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 580  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Cyperales
Family : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus : Cynodon Rich. - Bermuda grass
Species : Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. - Bermuda grass
Plant Location in Melghat : On wet lands  
Plant Category : Grasses  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Gramineae  
 
Plant Common Name : Hariyali, Durwa, K-Tati Zara, Bermuda Grass, Dubari, Durba, Doob, Dobri, garikehullu, balli garike, ambate hullu, Tingthou, haryali, dhurva, phaitualhnim, dubbo ghas,Niladurva, saddala, ananta, Arugampillu, Arukampillu, muyalpul, Ghericha, gerichagaddi, Doob
 
Synonym : Capriola dactylon (L.) Kuntze
Capriola aristiglumis Caro & Sanchez
Cynodon dactylon var. intermedius (Rang. & Tad.) C.E.C. Fischer
Description : Bermuda Grass is a grass native to north Africa, Asia and Australia and southern Europe. The name "Bermuda Grass" derives from its abundance as an invasive species on Bermuda; it does not occur naturally there. The blades are a grey-green colour and are short, usually 4-15 cm long with rough edges. The erect stems can grow 1-30 cm, rarely to 3 ft, tall. The stems are slightly flattened, often tinged purple in color. The seed heads are produced in a cluster of 3–7 spikes (rarely two) together at the top of the stem, each spike 3–6 cm long. It has a deep root system. In drought situations with penetrable soil, the root system can grow to over 2 m deep, though most of the root mass is less than 60 cm under the surface. The grass creeps along the ground and root wherever a node touches the ground, forming a dense mat. Bermuda Grass reproduces through seeds, through runners and rhizomes.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : CNS Activity, anti-diabetic, anti-ulcer, Anti-arrhythmic, Analgesic, Anti-Pyretic, Diuretic, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Beta-sitosterol
Beta-carotene
Luteolin
Vitexin
Ferulic Acid
Apigenin
Hexadecanoic acid
Tumerone
Hydroquinone
Furfural
Hydroxycinnamic acid
levoglucosenone
Reference : ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID :

~ Santosh Kumar Singh, Jay Ram Patel, Prashant Kumar Dubey and Sonia Thakur; "A review on anti-asthmatic activity of traditional medicinal plants"; IJPSR (2014); 5(10): 4109-4116 PMID :

~ Chandra Prakash Kala; "Aboriginal uses and management of ethnobotanical species in deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2009); 5(20): 1-9 PMID :

~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :

~ Kavishankar, G.B; Lakshmidevi, N.; Murthy, S.M.; Prakash, H.S. and Niranjana, S.R.; "Diabetes and medicinal plants-A review"; Int J Pharm Biomed Sci (2011); 2(3): 65-80 PMID :