Botanical name : Desmostachya bipinnata (Linn.) Stapf.
Family : Poaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Darpha, Kusha
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Tikta, Madhura
Guna   : Lakhu
Virya   : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  : Sacrificial grass
Hindi  : Dab, Davoli
Malayalam : Darbha, Darbhapullu
Distribution – Throughout India in wastelands. 
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A perennial grass grows up to 50 cm in height. Leaves many, long, acute, linear, with hispid margins, panicle erect, clothed with sessile spikelets; grains small, ovoid, trigonos and laterally compressed.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, diarrhea, dysentery, menorrhagia, jaundice, skin diseases, burning sensation and excessive perspiration.
Useful part : Whole plant.