Name: Najm
Scientific name: Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Type: Grass
Color: Green
Habitat: Irrigated Areas,Plantations
Size: 5 - 70 cm
Native
Growth form: Annual grass. Flowering. Apr–May. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional to frequent in irrigated lawns, groves and other tree plantations. Uses: El Amin notes that it ‘is used as fodder, but not of high value’. Various medicinal uses are reported.