Amriso (Grass)
Thysanolaena maxima
About Amriso (Grass)
Amriso (Grass) (Thysanolaena maxima) is a herb used in the Himalayan & Nepali Folk Medicine tradition to help with Nutritive, Digestive Issues, Wound Healing, and Fever, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Thysanolaena is a genus of plants in the grass family, the only genus in the tribe Thysanolaeneae. Its only recognized species is Thysanolaena latifolia (formerly Thysanolaena maxima), native to China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan) Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is also naturalized in Mauritius, Seychelles, Gambia, Tanzania, Hawaii, California, the West Indies and Brazil. Tiger grass and Nepalese Broom Grass are...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist