Trees & Plants

Marine couch

Boaonuhiri

Sporobolus virginicus (L.)

Common along the water logged areas of coastal region A decoction of the plant is taken for urinary irritation and kidney complaints. The grass is regarded as nutritious forage for cattle.

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uses: A decoction of the plant is taken for urinary irritation and kidney complaints. The grass is regarded as nutritious forage for cattle.
family: Poaceae
synonym: Agrostis virginica L., Zoysia tremula (Willd.) B.D.Jacks.
description: Perennials; culms stoloniferous, creeping and spreading by long, slender rhizomes, 15-60 cm long; nodes glabrous. × Leaves 4-18 0.3-0.6 cm, lanceolate, base rounded, apex acuminate, inrolled; sheaths to 5 cm long; ligule a row of hairs. Panicles 5-12.5 cm long, narrow, somewhat appressed to rachis. Spikelets ca. 2 mm long, lanceolate. Lower glume lanceolate. Upper glume ovate-lanceolate. Lemma lanceolate. Palea elliptic, delicate. Stamens 3; anthers brownish. Stigmas white.
native range: Western Australia
distribution: The tropics and subtropics Kunth
english names: Marine couch · Sand couch · for Salt-water couch
flowering fruiting: July – September
occurrence maldives: Common along the water logged areas of coastal region