Dactyloctenium scindicum
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Description
A cereal grass. It forms stolons or runners and keeps growing from year to year. It forms mats. It grows 7-45 cm high. The stalks are slender with swollen bases. The leaf blades are tough and loosely folded. They are 1-11 cm long by 2-3 mm wide. The seed is about 1 mm long.
Edible Uses
The seeds are mixed with millet and eaten as a grain; used as a famine food.
Traditional Uses
The seeds are mixed with millet. CAUTION: They are reported to cause stomach upsets.
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Known Hazards
The seeds are reported to cause stomach upsets.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It often grows over limestone material. It grows in dry soil. It grows between 60-830 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
Where It Grows
Afghanistan, Africa, Asia, Australia, East Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Middle East, North Africa, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen,
Other Information
It is a famine food.
Notes
There are 13 Dactyloctenium species.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Bhobra, Ganthi, Kuschon, Madax-buur, Saddexo, Sadeho, Tantia ghas
References (5)
- Ambasta, S.P. (Ed.), 2000, The Useful Plants of India. CSIR India. p 160
- BHANDARI,
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 8th May 2011]
- SHANKARNARAYAN & SAXENA.,
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
