Poaceae
Indian goosegrass
Eleusine indica
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eleusine
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Common names
By language (42)
- Afrikaans
- Jongosgras
- Arabic
- بشنة هندية, عشب الإوز الهندي
- arz
- اليوزين انديكا
- Assamese
- ববচা বন
- azb
- هیند الوزینهسی
- Azerbaijani
- Hind elevzinəsi
- bjn
- Kumpai Tagah banua
- Burmese
- ဆင်ငိုမြက်
- Cantonese
- 牛筋草
- Chinese
- 牛筋草, 蟋蟀草, 牛草
- Czech
- Kalužnice indická, Kalužnice japonská
- Dutch
- Plat handjesgras
- English
- Indian goosegrass, Crowfootgrass, Goose grass, Indian crowfoot grass, Rapoko grass, Wiregrass
- Filipino
- Paragis
- Finnish
- Etelänsormihirssi, Sormihirssi
- French
- Éleusine des Indes
- gor
- Huhulo'a li bumbu
- Hausa
- Tuji
- hif
- Ghoraiya
- Hungarian
- Aszályfű
- Indonesian
- Rumput belulang
- Japanese
- オヒシバ
- Javanese
- Suket lulangan
- Korean
- 왕바랭이
- mad
- Rebbhâ mangghu'
- Malay
- Rumput Sambau
- Malayalam
- ഇന്ത്യൻ ഗൂസ് ഗ്രാസ്സ്
- pam
- Sabungsabungan, Burat asu, Parangis sabungan
- Persian
- چمن غاز
- sg
- Ndiri
- shn
- ယႃႈၼႃႈၽၢၵ်ႇၵၢႆး, တူၼ်ႈယႃႈၼႃႈၽၢၵ်ႇၵႂၢႆး, ယႃႈၼႃႈၽၢၵ်ႇၵႂၢႆး
- Sindhi
- تند گاھ
- Sinhala
- බැල තණ
- Spanish
- Grama caraspera, Grama de caballo, Grama sapo, Horquetilla, Paja de burro, Zacate de guacana, Zacate de guácana, Zacate guacima
- Sundanese
- Carulang
- Swahili
- Kifungambuzi
- Swedish
- Gåshirs
- szy
- Bunuy
- tay
- Uti na kating
- Tongan
- Takataka, Fimbristylis autumnalis
- Vietnamese
- Mần trầu, Cỏ mần trầu
- Welsh
- Ffaldwellt
Synonyms
- Agropyron geminatum (Spreng.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Chloris repens Steud.
- Cynodon indicus (L.) Raspail
- Cynosurus ara Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Cynosurus indicus L.
- Cynosurus pectinatus Lam.
- Eleusine distachya Trin. ex Steud.
- Eleusine distans Moench
- Eleusine distans Link
- Eleusine domingensis Sieber ex Schult.
- Eleusine glabra Schumach.
- Eleusine gonantha Schrank
- Eleusine gouinii E.Fourn.
- Eleusine inaequalis E.Fourn.
- Eleusine indica subsp. indica
- Eleusine indica var. major E.Fourn.
- Eleusine indica var. monostachya F.M.Bailey
- Eleusine indica var. monostachys Bailey
- Eleusine indica var. oligostachya Honda
- Eleusine indica var. sandaensis Vanderyst
- Eleusine japonica Steud.
- Eleusine macrosperma Stokes
- Eleusine marginata Lindl.
- Eleusine polydactyla Steud.
- Eleusine rigidifolia E.Fourn.
- Eleusine scabra E.Fourn.
- Eleusine textilis Welw.
- Juncus loureiranus Schult.f.
- Leptochloa pectinata (Lam.) Kunth
- Paspalum dissectum Kniph.
- Poa spicata Willd. ex Steud.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April, July to October (from 321 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: natalie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.