Poaceae
Daabh
Desmostachya bipinnata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Desmostachya
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- حلفا, سخبر
- Bangla
- কুশ
- Chinese
- 羽穗草
- English
- Daabh
- Estonian
- Pühahein
- French
- Kusha
- Gujarati
- દર્ભ, દાભ, ડાભડો, કુશ
- Hebrew
- חילף החולות
- Kannada
- ದರ್ಭೆ
- lah
- کش
- Lithuanian
- Plunksninė pomiglė
- Malayalam
- ദർഭ
- Marathi
- कुश
- Nepali
- कुश
- Persian
- کَرته
- Sindhi
- ڊڀ
- Tamil
- தருப்பைப்புல்
- Telugu
- దర్భ
- Thai
- หญ้ากุศะ
- Urdu
- کش
Synonyms
- Briza bipinnata L.
- Cynosurus durus Forssk.
- Dactylis interrupta Rottler ex Stapf
- Desmostachya cynosuroides (Retz.) Stapf ex Massey
- Desmostachya cynosuroides Stapf ex R.E.Massey
- Desmostachya pingalaiae Raole & R.J.Desai
- Desmostachys bipinnata (L.) Stapf
- Dinebra dura Lag.
- Eragrostis bipinnata (L.) K.Schum.
- Eragrostis cynosuroides (Retz.) P.Beauv.
- Eragrostis thunbergii Baill.
- Leptochloa bipinnata (L.) Hochst.
- Megastachya bipennata (L.) P.Beauv.
- Poa cynosuroides Retz.
- Pogonarthria bipinnata (L.) Chiov.
- Rabdochloa bipinnata (L.) Kuntze
- Stapfiola bipinnata (L.) Kuntze
- Uniola bipinnata (L.) L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Shahid Nawaz Landge, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shahid Nawaz Landge, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shahid Nawaz Landge, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.