Botany:
Perennial, dense, leafy grass, with short horizontal stems; creeping and branching below. Flowering stems are erect, 20-60 cm high. Leaves are short, linear-lanceolate, 3-10 cm long, 4-6 cm wide. Sessile spikeloet is very narrow, 3 mm long; callus is elongated, barbed; fourth glume is linear, acuminate, with a short and scabrid awn.

Distribution
A pest of a weed found throughout the Philippines in open places at low and medium altitudes.

Parts utilized::
· Entire plant

Folkloric uses
· Decoction of root is used for diarrhea.
· Decoction of entire plant as a diuretic.
· Ashes of burned roots taken internally for rheumatism.

Availability
Wild-crafted.