The medicinal plants of Myanmar Author DeFilipps, Robert A. Deceased Author Krupnick, Gary A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1357-4826 Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC- 166, Washington, DC, 20013 - 7012, USA krupnick@si.edu text PhytoKeys 2018 2018-06-28 102 1 341 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380 1314-2003-102-1 AA226A35FFF8FFBC37621A40C2518C67 1306325 Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. Names. Myanmar : didok-chi , myet-lay-gwa . English : Egyptian grass. Range. Southeastern Europe; northern Africa; Macaronesia; Atlantic, Pacific and western Indian Ocean islands; temperate Asia; Arabia; China; India; Indo-China; Malesia; Australia; North America; Mexico; South and Meso-America; Caribbean. In Myanmar, found in Bago, Kachin, Mandalay, Taninthayi, and Yangon. Uses. Seed : Used an anodyne and antispasmodic. Notes. Medicinal uses of this species in China are discussed in Duke and Ayensu (1985) . In India parched grains are eaten by women suffering from post-childbirth stomachache ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991 ). The species has astringent properties and, in the Philippines, is used internally in a decoction to treat dysentery and acute hemoptysis ( Perry 1980 ). Reference. Nordal (1963) .