Duba
| Botanical name: | Cynodon dactylon |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Local name: | Duba, Dubaghasa |
| Common name: | Couch grass, Bermuda grass |
| Parts used: | Aerial parts, root. |
| Plant character: | It is a prostrate herbaceous grass, rooting at nodes. Leaves are lanceolate; flowers in digitate inflorescence. The grass spreads rapidly by its stolons and seeds and colonize wastelands rapidly. It requires high light intensity and direct sunlight to grow. Fairly abundant in the wild; can be cultivated as a lawn grass. |
USES:
Leaf juice with sugar candy (misiri) is prescribed to small kids to cure diarrhea and vomiting. Paste of root with raw rice is applied on forehead to cure headache.
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