Botanical name:-Heteropogon contortus
Family name:-CYPERACEAE
English name :-
Sinhala name:-E thuna
Tamil name :-
Sanskirt name:-
Status:-Native
Edible parts:-Nun
Grows in:-Sri Lanka, India, Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia and Oceania. Ayurvedic usage:-
Treatment for:-Eye diseases, Reptile poison, Vomiting, Body heat condition, Fever, Dysentery, Epilepsy, Swelling, Asthma, Bronchial diseases, Jaundice, Phyelitis, Gnorrhoea, StranguryWounds, Ulcers.
Parts used to make medicine:-medicine:-Roots
Propagation:-Seeds