Eleusine Indica for Food and Medicine

Eleusine indica, a perennial herb that belongs to the Poaceae family, is locally known as “rumput sambau”. The species can be found in tropical regions and it only of Malaysia. In India, some parts plant such roots seeds are used food eaten raw or cooked. young seedling also side dish with rice, while sometimes famine food. Although this grass not considered Malaysia, local people utilise treat various ailments hastening placenta delivery after childbirth, pain relieve for vaginal bleeding, asthma, fever, urinary infection, haemorrhoids, tonic flu related symptoms. Due wide spectrum traditional usage, complete review E. indica which focusing on medicinal perspectives necessary organize evaluate its potential further studies commercial exploitation. information was collected from scientific journals, books, reports searched through available databases Google Scholar, PubMed, Directory Open Access Journals, Science Direct, Bioline International, Reaxys. Contextually, present reveals apart roots, relatively safe ingest. It represents rich source nutrients contains therapeutic phytochemicals flavonoids, steroids, essential oils, cardiac glycosides, coumarins, fatty acids, anthraquinones, anthrones, triterpenes, tannins, alkaloids. Thus, natural reservoir both medicine.