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Family • Gramaneae / Poaceae
Grama
Eragrostis japonica (Thunb.) Trin.
POND LOVEGRASS
Sui mi zhi feng cao

Scientific names Common names
Eragrostis japonica (Thunb.) Trin. Grama (Tag.)
Poa japonica Thunb. Pond lovegrass (Engl.)
Poa glomerata (Walter) L H Dewey Japanese lovegrass (Engl.)
Poa interrupta Lam. Sui mi zhi feng cao (Chin.)
Eragrostis aurea Steud.  
Eragrostis tenuissima Schrad.  
Eragrostis glomerata Walter  
Eragrostis hapalantha Trin.  
Eragrostis munitiflora Presl  
Eragrostis interrupta Doell.  
Panicum leptanthum Steud.  
Vilfa verticillata Steud.  
Sporobolus verticillata Nees  
Luan cao (Chin.)  

Other vernacular names
CHINESE: Xu xu cao.
JAPANESE: Kogome kaze kusa.
VIETNAMESE: Tinhthao nhat.

Botany
Grama is an erect, loosely tufted grass, 0.8 to 1.5 meters high. Leaves are 12 to 20 centimeters long, 3 to 5 millimeters wide. Panicles are elongated, erect, 20 to 40 centimeters long; branches are slender, usually fascicled, often up to 12 centimeters long. Spikelets are pedicelled, very numerous, pale, 2 to 4 millimeters long; the flowering glumes, 6 to 10, about 1 millimeter long.

Distribution
- In open, wet grasslands, along streams, etc., at low and medium altitudes from northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao.
- Also occurs from tropical Asia and Africa to Japan and Malaya.

Parts used
Leaves.

Uses
Folkloric
- Infusion of fresh leaves administered externally as a poultice for headaches.
Others
- Used to induce lactogene in cows.

Availability
Wild-crafted.

Last Update January 2013
IMAGE SOURCE: Digitally modified / Public Domain / Eragrostis japonica / Jose Hernandez - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image / EOL-Encyclopedia of Life
Additional Sources and Suggested Readings
(1)
Eragrostis japonica (Thunb.) Trin. / Chinese names / Catalogue of Life, China
(2)
Sorting Eragrostis names / Authorised by Prof. Snow Barlow / Maintained by: Michel H. Porcher / MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE / Copyright © 1997 - 2000 The University of Melbourne.
(3)
A Textbook of Medicinal Plants from Nigeria / Edited by Tolu Odugbemi / Google Books
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