Common Name: Khas, Khas-Khas Grass, Ushira
English Name: Cuscus grass
Botanical Name: Andropogon muricatus Retz; Vetiveria zizanioides (Linn.) Nash
Family: Gramineae
Description: Vetiver is a densely tufted, wiry, glabrous perennial grass. The plant grows in large clumps from a much-branched root stock with erect culms 0.5-1.5 m high. The leaf blades are relatively stiff, long and narrow--up to 75 cm long and 8 mm or less in width, glabrous but "downward rough" along the edges.
Chemical Constituents: The major active ingredients are active constituents identified are khusimol, vetivone, eudesmol, khusimone, zizaene, and prezizaene.
Properties: Vetiveria zizanioides widely used as analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretics. This plant is a potent antioxidant, antimicrobial. Antibacterial, Antifungal.
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