An annual, but some cultivars perennial. It grows in clumps which may reach over 4 meters high. The grain is small reaching about 3 to 4 mm in diameter.
Herb Effects
Antiabortive, cyanogenetic, emollient, intoxicant, and poison; demulcent and diuretic (seed); astringent and haemostatic (inflorescence).
For cancer, epilepsy, flux and stomachache; for malaria (root); for breast disease, diarrhea, in the treatment of kidney and urinary complaints (seed); for tubercular swellings (stem)
Health Remedies 
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