Linn.Family: Gramineae; Poaceae.
Habitat: Cultivated throughout India.
English: Kodo millet. Ayurvedic: Kodrava, Korduusha. Siddha/Tamil: Varagu. Folk: Kodo.Action: Plant—used as a CNS drug for treating schizophrenia and psychoses.
The plant contains hentriacontanol, hentriacontanone and sitosterol. The grains have often been reported to cause poisoning in men and animals when used as a food; non-poisonous types have been reported from Tamil Nadu.
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