Cynodon

Cynodon, a genus of grasses of which one species, C. dactylon, is of peculiarly wide distribution, not only ranging from its British habitat on the sandy shores of Cornwall to fringe those of North America and the West Indies, where it is known as Bermuda grass, but also forming (on account of its great power of resisting drought) the most important fodder and pasture grass of India, where it is known as Dhob, Doorba, &c. Its creeping roots, and those of its congener, C. lineare, have medicinal virtues, and are sometimes used as a substitute for sarsaparilla.