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Family • Gramaneae / Poaceae
Grama
Eragrostis japonica (Thunb.) Trin.
POND LOVEGRASS
Luan 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. Luan 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  

 

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

Distribution
In open, wet grasslands, along streas, at low and medium altitudes.

Parts used
Leaves.

Uses
Folkloric
Infusion of fresh leaves administered externally as a poultice for headaches.

Availability
Wild-crafted.

July 2010
IMAGE SOURCE: Digitally modified / Public Domain / Eragrostis japonica / Jose Hernandez - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image / EOL-Encyclopedia of Life
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