Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Strepyophyta

Class: Monocots (Liliopsida)

Sub class: Magnollidae

Order: Poales (Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies)

Family: Poaceae (Grasses)

Genus: Apluda

Species: Mutica

Description: Apluda mutica  is a perennial herb. Leaves are flat and petiolate, long smooth sheaths, ligule oblong.   panicle is linear, long and interrupted. Spatheole narrowly ovate and acuminate. Stalkless spikelets are long, lower glume is narrowly elliptic – lanceolate, upper lemma is deeply bifid with an long awn Or entire to emarginate  and awnless. Stalked spikelets are broadly lanceshaped  , long,  stalks narrowly oblong. Flowers  are small, White Bell -shaped with yellow anthers. Stamens 2-3,  Ovary is oblong. Grains ovoid – ellipsoid .  

Uses: It is used traditional medicine to headache. Young plants is made in to paste, applied on the mouth  to cure fungus infection by the Santals..