Lophatherum gracile
StarLophatherum gracile
Synonyms: Lophatherum lehmannii, Lophatherum annulatum, Acroelytrum urvillei, Lophatherum dubium, Lophatherum elatum, Lophatherum multiflorum, Acroelytrum japonicum, Lophatherum gracile f. pilosulum, Lophatherum gracile var. pilosum, Lophatherum gracile var. pilosulum, Lophatherum pilosulum, Allelotheca urvillei, Lophatherum gracile var. zeylanicum, Lophatherum gracile f. annulatum, Lophatherum zeylanicum, Lophatherum gracile var. annulatum, Lophatherum japonicum, Lophatherum humile, Lophatherum gracile f. musashiense, Lophatherum gracile var. elatum, Lophatherum gracile f. elatum, Lophatherum gracile var. intermedium, Lophatherum gracile var. musashiense, Lophatherum gracile var. cochinchinense
Western Herbalism Properties
Botanical Description
Lophatherum gracile is a slender, bamboo-like perennial grass of the family Poaceae, native to East and Southeast Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, India and Malesia. Despite its resemblance to small bamboo, it is a true grass, growing from short, knotty rhizomes that bear swollen, spindle-shaped root tubers. The erect, wiry culms reach up to about a metre and bear broadly lanceolate, distinctly veined leaves 5-20 cm long that taper to a fine point and have a short petiole-like base. The inflorescence is an open, narrow panicle of slender, awned spikelets. It grows in shaded forest understorey, on hill slopes and along moist banks, and is cultivated and gathered for use in traditional Chinese medicine.
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