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Family • Poaceae
Agusais
Setaria palmifolia Stapf.
PALM GRASS
Zong ye gou wei cao

Other scientific names  Common names
Panicum palmaefolium Koenig Agusais (Bik.)
Panicum plicatum F.-Vill. Asahas (C. Bis.)
Panicum amplissimum Steud. Bañgas (Ig.)
Panicum nepalense Spreng.  Dumbug (Sul.)
Panicum lene Steud. Hagusahis (Bik.)
Setaria lenis Miq. Lalasa (Ig.)
Panicum kleinianum Nees Liahon (If.)
Chamaeraphis setosa O. Kuntze Lias (Bon.)
Chaetochloa palmmifolia Hitche. & Chase Yas (Ig.) 
  Zhu tou cao, zhu ye cao (Chinese)
  Palm grass (Engl.)

Botany
Perennial grass that grows to a height of 1 to 3 meters. Leaf blades are broad-lanceolate and longitudinally corrugated. Seeds are about 3 mm long and borne in large numbers in terminal shoots. Infloresence is a loose panicle with minute spikelets.

Distribution
Common in thickets, old clearings and waste places.

Parts used and preparation
Leaves, seeds.

 Uses
Folkloric
A compound decoction taken for ireegular menses.
Others
Grain of the grass sometimes used as rice substitute.
In Malaya, tender shoots are eaten as vegetable.
Feed for cattle.

Studies
• Antioxidant / DPPH Radical Scavenging Activity: 23 Taiwan forest plants were studies for polyphenol content and antioxidant activity by DPPH assay. Setaria palmifolia was 10th in polyphenol content,

Availability
Wild-crafted. 

Last Update April 2011
Photo © Godofredo Stuart / StuartXchange
Additional Sources and Suggested Readings
(1)
Evaluation of antioxidant polyphenols in Taiwan's medicinal plants / Shieh PoChuen et al / Asian Journal of Chemistry 2009 Vol. 21 No. 7 pp. 5556-5562
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