Holttumochloa magica (Ridl.) K.M.Wong
Null / Buluh perindu (Bru.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Perennial tufted grass. Leaves are mid green, narrowly linear, glabrous and discolorous beneath. Leaf blade is lanceolate, auriculate at base with a brief petiole- like connecting to sheath. Leaf sheaths are covered with bristly hairs and rough. Stems are woody arising in a clump from many primary buds at one stem node. Rhizomes are short and thick. Inflorescence a compound spike, clustered at nodes in tufts. Spikelets comprising of 4 fertile
The local healers use this herb to treat abscesses by rinsing, pounding the herbs into a pestle-like mass and applied as poultice to affected skin. It can be added with seeds of fennel flowers or black cumin ( Nigella sativa ) and shallots (Allium cepa var. aggregatum ) for more healing effect. The plant possesses neuroprotective, antimicrobial, antidiabetic, antioxidant, anti- inflammatory, antiulcerogenic, and anticancer
It prefers fertile soil under full sunlight to partial shade.
Culm division and seeds.
Native to southeast Asia.
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