Dharbe Grass

 Eragrostis Cynosuroides

MEDICINAL VALUE :

 Increase appetite, plegm and sperm count. Used to cure asthma, jaundice, urinary problems, fever and unconsciousness.

CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :

 Used as livestock fodder, the seeds appear to be of extremely high nutritional value in some species, but they are tiny and collecting them for food is very hard and not usually done. use in most of the traditional breads of the Horn of Africa: It only grows only at selective places and its almost available in every state in India.

GLOSSARY :

• English : Dharbe Grass
• Tamil : Attu Dharbe
• Malayalam : Dharbe Pillu / Kusha / Mridu-Darbha
• Kannada : Dharbe Hullu
• Konkani : Darbe Than
• Marathi : Hirwa Gawath
• Tulu : Darbe Panthi