A downloadable pdf document of a book in prepublication awaiting illustration. Shivanna department of pg studies and research in applied botany, jnana sahyadri, kuvempu university, shankaraghatta577 451, shimoga dist. Pdf phytochemical screening and evaluation of anti. Greeks would say it with one more syllable than the latin. Egyptian crowfoot grass dactyloctenium aegyptium feedipedia. Survival and height growth of 44 diploid families were recorded 3 years after. Inflorescence of 26 broad spikes, up to nearly 6 cm long. Crowfoot grass, true grits eat the weeds and other.
Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in dactyloctenium aegyptium. Names of dactyloctenium aegyptium in various languages of the world are also given. Dactyloctenium aegyptium is still a traditional food plant used as a famine food in africa, this littleknown grain has potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable landcare. Data source and references for dactyloctenium aegyptium egyptian grass from the usda plants database. Sometimes prostrate, rooting from the proliferously branched nodes, geniculately ascending, compressed, glabrous, smooth.
While every effort has been made to provide the most reliable and uptodate information available, ultimate legal requirements with respect to species are contained in. Ligule a ciliolate membrane, or a ciliate membrane. A proerectile herb from traditional chinese medicine, cnidium monnieri and its main bioactive known as osthole appear to have mechanisms similar to viagra in penile tissue and the hippocampus. Dactyloctenium is a genus of asian, african, and australian plants in the grass family. Leaves are narrowly linear, 5 to 18 centimeters long, 2 to 6 millimeters wide, with the sheaths loose, and imbricate. Egyptian grass or durban crowfootgrass dactyloctenium aegyptium is an extremely invasive, hardtogetridof, nonnative grass in the central and southern united states, south throughout florida. Dactyloctenium aegyptium name synonyms aegilops saccharina walter cenchrus aegyptius l. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Usdanrcs database of plants of the united states and its territories. The impact of weeds on agriculture on livestock on human health 3. Phytochemical screening and evaluation of antifertility.
Mainly used as fodder and relished by all classes of ruminants. Naturalized quite common herb of dry and moist open areas native to africa, temperate and tropical asia. Some grasses are distinct, however, and crowfoot grass is one of them. Description of dactyloctenium aegyptium crowfoot grass. Dactyloctenium aegyptium, or egyptian crowfoot grass is a member of the family poaceae native in africa. This page was last edited on 3 september 2017, at 06.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium is native to africa and widely distributed throughout the tropics, subtropics, and warm temperate regions of the old world usda, 20. List of various diseases cured by dactyloctenium aegyptium. Egyptian crowfoot grass dactyloctenium aegyptium l. Plant details information about dactyloctenium aegyptium plant. Diversity, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of fungal endophytes in cynodon dactylon l. In addition, users can learn about the location of vouchered specimens and see images to get a better visual for each plant. The stems are slender, erect or geniculate, and ascending. Survival and early growth of diploid white ash planted in the central hardwood region i knud e.
Bonap north american plant atlas of the biota of north america program. The plant list includes a further 12 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus dactyloctenium. It is annoying, invades lawns, is unattractive and also invades natural habitats from full sun to light or medium shade. Data source and references for dactyloctenium aegyptium.
Taxonomy of the genus aurantimicrobium nakai et al. This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. Diversity, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of. Poaceae family dactyloctenium aegyptium linnaeus willdenow, enum. The plant list includes 35 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus dactyloctenium. On the plus side there are few toxic grasses in north american, though sorghum is one the leaves, not the seeds or the sap. The new york flora atlas is a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state, as well as information on plant habitats, associated ecological communities, and taxonomy. An indigenous plant used to manage gastrointestinal ailments article pdf available in bangladesh journal of pharmacology 102. Check other web resources for dactyloctenium aegyptium l.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium herb uses, benefits, cures, side. The asterisk indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation. Population control is an issue of global and national public health concern. The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region an infusion of the leaves, mixed with the seeds of cajanus cajan, is used to accelerate childbirth. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Plant details information about dactyloctenium aegyptium. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information.
Diversity, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of fungal. For more multimedia, look at dactyloctenium aegyptium on wikimedia commons. The record derives from wcsp data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as an accepted name record 406842 with original publication details. It is grazed by all ruminants, generally in association with other desert grasses which occupy the same agroecological niche, for example in rajasthan and other dry areas of india. The stems are slender, erect or gesticulate and ascending. Cnidium monnieri supplement health benefits, dosage. Dactyloctenium aegyptium crowfoot grass complete detail.
National plant germplasm system covid19 update, march 23, 2020. Dactyloctenium aegyptium koreeb is one of the most important wild cereals used as a famine food in several countries, such as chad, sudan, cameroon, and bangladesh 24. Leaves are narrowly linear, 5 to 18 centimeters long, 2 to 6 millimeters wide, with. How dactyloctenium aegyptium is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. Before requesting germplasm, scientists should consider their capacity to receive it. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Dactyloctenium aristatum east africa, arabian peninsula. Poaceae update for itis, in cooperation with natureserve, and based on the catalogue of new world grasses database and. Dactyloctenium aegyptium grass is a useful fodder for ruminants in dry areas or on sandy coasts and it can make good quality hay manidool, 1992. A white ash progeny test was established with seeds collected throughout the natural range of the species. Habit slender to moderately robust spreading annual. This grass creeps and has a straight shoot which are usually about 30 centimeters tall. The plant is a rich source of metabolites such as proteins, carbohydrates, mineral constituents.
Damungbalang is a rather coarse grass, variable in habit, 15 to 60 centimeters high, the basal parts decumbent, usually more or less creeping and rooting, the flowering stems erect or ascending. It was introduced by accident to the americas and spread as a weed in maize and other crops in south america bogdan, 1977. Dactyloctenium aegyptium in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Thus the new name for the family gramineae became poaceae. Pharmacological evaluation of dactyloctenium aegyptium. Crowfoot grass, true grits eat the weeds and other things, too. Dactyloctenium aegyptium egyptian grass much of africa. Egyptian crowfoot grass dactyloctenium aegyptium, grain.
The plant mostly grows in heavy soils at damp sites. Phytochemical screening and evaluation of antifertility activity of dactyloctenium aegyptium in male albino rats article pdf available march 2016 with 275 reads how we measure reads. Itis taxonomy is based on the latest scientific consensus available, and is provided as a general reference source for interested parties. Mar 19, 2020 dactyloctenium aegyptium crowfoot grass complete detail. Culms up to 50 cm tall, up to 5 noded, geniculately ascending, usually rooting from the lower nodes, thus giving the plants a pseudostoloniferous appearance, not rarely forming radiate mats, branched from the lower nodes. Cynodon dactylon, one of the dasapuspam used in ayurveda, is ubiquitous in distribution and is considered as a serious. However, it is not a legal authority for statutory or regulatory purposes. It is annoying, invades lawns, is unattractive and also invades natural habitats from full sun to. The stolons may creep and they root from the lower nodes. A variety of synthetic contraceptive agents are available in the market only for womens and their use is associated with severe side effects, the progress and possibilities on male are still slow and limited. Dactyloctenium aegyptium egyptian grass this plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. A common name for the plants is crowfoot grasses species. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Classification, distribution and uses of crowfoot grass.
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