COGONGRASS
Common name	Cogongrass
Botanical Name	Imperata cylindric Linn
Vernacular name	English-Thatch grass Hindi- Siru Gujarati-Darabh Sanskrit-Kutuka
Family	Poaceae
Class	Monocotyledonae
Parts of plant used	Root
Chemical Constituents	Five types of triterpenoids- Cylindrin, Arundoin, fernenon, isoburneol, Simiarenol.
Therapeutic uses	Used to treatment of various urinary disorders like urinary calculi, retention of urine, diabetes, cardiac disorder, gout, common cough and cold, inflammation, anaemia.