English: Dog’s tooth grass, Devil’s grass, Bermuda grass, Arugampul Bahama Grass, Couch Grass, Karuka grass
Sanscrit: Druva, Niladruva
Malayalam: Karukappullu കറുക
Bahama grass is a spreading grass, commonly found in plane areas, leaves are grayish green, usually 2 to 15 cm long with rough edges. Stem are erect, can grow 1 to 30 cm tall, and slightly flattened, often tinged purple in color. The seeds are in clusters of two to six spikes, each spike 2 to 5 cm long. It has a deep root system can grow to over 2 m deep in the drought period.
Leaf Arrangement
Shape-Acicular | Margin-Entire | Venation- Parallel |
Useful plant parts:
Whole plant
Medicinal uses:
Plant juice to increase intelligent in children, brain, neuro disorders, to increase breast milk, excess bleeding, to control Kapha, pita, bleeding, increases urine excretion, dysentery, skin diseases, diabetes, urinary tract infections, blood disorders.
The plant juice to increase intelligent in children, used in the treatments of the brain, neuro disorders, to increase breast milk, excess bleeding, to control Kapha, pita, bleeding, increases urine excretion, dysentery, skin diseases, diabetes, urinary tract infections, blood disorders.
Medicinal properties:
Antimicrobial, Antiviral
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