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Food- Seed is consumed by grinding as using it as flour. Tea is also made from parched seeds and wine made from fermented garins. Medicine - The root is used in India for menstrual disorders.
Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Wet tropical biome.
Annual herb 1-2m tall.
Strong and erect.
Long, linear, and alternate.
Small, inconspicuous, borne in a terminal spike.
Hard, pearly white structures (pseudocarps) enclosing the grain
Flowering: Late summer- early autum.