Description
A low, tufted annual grass with flattened stems and finger-like seed spikes, one of the world's most common weeds of paths and cultivated ground.
Medicinal Uses
Used in traditional medicine across Africa and Asia as a diuretic and febrifuge, and for high blood pressure and jaundice.
Food Uses
Grazed as forage; the seeds are occasionally used as a famine food in parts of Africa and Asia.
Cultivation
A common weedy grass of compacted soils, footpaths, and cultivated land; not deliberately cultivated.
