Vetiveria zizanioides

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1. Vetiveria zizanioides Lakshmi S I st M.Sc. 1913392048003

2. Vetiveria zizanioides  (L.) Nash vetivergrass

3. Existing Information Botanical Name : Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Robert Chrysopogon zizanioides chrysos - gold pogon -beard zizanion -a weed in cornfields. Synonyms : Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash Common Name : Khus-khus , Khus ghas , Valo

4. DISTRIBUTION V. zizanioides grows naturally in swamp areas of India, Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar) and occurs probably naturalized in many parts of South-East Asia . It has been in cultivation in India for centuries and is now found throughout the tropics and in many subtropical areas Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil. Shoots growing from the underground crown make the plant frost and wildfire resistant, and allow it to survive heavy grazing pressure. They can survive deep water flow. Under clear water, the plant can survive up to two months.

5. Description Habit : An erect herb, Perennials, Gregarious. Stem : Stems 60-150 cm high, in large, dense tufts Root : stout spongy aromatic root, sparingly branched, horizontally spreading, mat-like root systems, roots grow downward, 2 m to 4 m in depth. Leaves : 3 m long and 8 mm wide, Subbifarious , narrow, acute, erect, keeled, glabrous , margins scabrid, sheaths equitant, ligule obscure.

6. Description Inflorescence : Panicle10-30 cm, 2.5-5 cm long branches, conical, erect, rachis stout and erectopatent filiform flexuous branches glabrous or scaberulous. Spikes slender joints and pedicels about as the sessile paired spikelets . Sessile spikelets grey green yellow or purplish, slightly curved, glabrous , callus obscurely bearded; glume first coriaceous, acute, 2-4 nerved, glume second coriaceous, 1-nerved, margins hyaline, keel muricate; third glume lanceolate, acuminate, 2-nerved, margins inflexed ciliolate; glume fourth as glume third, ciliate; palea very small, obtuse, glabrous . Pedicellated spikelets like the sessile but first glume smooth, glume fourth awnless . Lower floret empty; upper floret male, long, oblong, 3 stamens Flowering and Fruiting Time : October

7. CHEMICAL COMPOSTION β- vetispirene (1.6-4.5 %), khusimol (3.4-13.7 %), vetiselinenol (1.3-7.8 %) and α- vetivone (2.5-6.3 %)

8. PARTS USED Root Vettiver oil DOSAGE Powder- 3 to 6 gram Decoction- 50 to 100 mL Aqua- Cold infusion- 50 mL

9. USES The roots are aromatic and yield an important essential oil for perfumery industry . Also woven into screens and tatties to be hung over doors or set in windows in hot weather, when sprinkled with water, they cool and perfume the air . An infusion of the root is given as a febrifuge , and a powder in bilious complaints.  It is regarded as stimulant, sudorific, stomachic and refrigerant.

10. Uses Gastric Hear burn Skin related issues Rheumatism Sprain arthritis Intestinal worm Bleeding disorder Fever Diabetes Carbuncles Abscesses Anti- oxidant Anti- tuberculosis activity Aphrodiasic Lactative

11. SIDDHA BENEFITS Soothing and cooling effect Calms circulatory system and nervous system Nervine tonic Reduce anxiety Anti- inflammatory Sleep inducing medicine Anti septic Rejenuvetent Hepato- protective Anti microbial activity Used as pesticide Used against tuberculosis Curbs nausea and vomiting Cure Diabetes Cure Depression Prevent growth of cancer cells Cure bleeding disorder Cure disease of urinary system and ulcers

12. AYURVEDIC BENEFITS Yograj Guggul- pain Kumkumadi thailam - complexion

13. Other uses Increase ground water capacity Increase bio mass of soil Termite- repellent Increases aeration in the soil Prevents nematode Can be grown along with cultivable crops Fodder R eplace the straw or wood shaving pads in evaporative coolers

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