इक्षुरसः – Saccharum spontaneum

 

Name – कासः

Botanical name – Saccharum spontaneum

Description – Perennial rhizomatous herb with erect culms. Leaves erect, linear-acuminate, involute. Inflorescence paniculate, contracted; spikelets lanceolate, silky-hairy, longer than spike.

Chemical Constituents- Plant contains hydrocyanic acid.