🦎Malagasy Traditional Medicine
Samata (Grass Herb)
Imperata cylindrica
About Samata (Grass Herb)
Samata (Grass Herb) (Imperata cylindrica) is a herb used in the Malagasy Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Fever, Kidney Support, Diuretic, and Wound Healing, among 1 other condition it addresses. The leaves are the part traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Imperata cylindrica (commonly known as cogon grass /koʊˈɡoʊn/, kunai grass /ˈkuːnaɪ/, blady grass, alang-alang, cotton wool grass, kura-kura) is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. Red cultivars of the species grown as ornamental plants are known as Japanese bloodgrass.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Leaves · both