OLAC Record oai:humlab.lu.se:hdl:10050/00-0000-0000-0003-EB3F-C

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Title:		srlɨ̀aŋ
		Imperata Cylindrica
Contributor:		Marie Widen
Coverage:		Laos
Date:		2001
Description:		Scientific name: Imperata Cylindrica P.Beauv. Botanical Specimen Arkivcentrum Syd ID: 1939412
		Khmu Name: srlɨ̀aŋ
		Description: A wild grass which may grow anywhere in the forest, especially in dry fallows. The leaves are 70–120 cm long and very sharp. People use it as thatch to cover the roofs of family houses, common-houses and barns. Some families have a small area in their fields for grow¬ing cogongrass, while others cut it in the two- or three-year fallows. After the rice harvest, the women go to cut cogongrass and dry it in the sun. They tie (pntí) it into small handful bundles (klàn). Three to five small bund¬les are tied into one large bundle (tí), and three large bundles make one burden (rmpùh) that can be carried in a headband. They carry the grass home for making roofs or sell it in the towns. When it is used for covering roofs, it is tied to a stick (pntrèey) with strips (prnàn) made of chúk or tmáar bamboo. When the cogongrass has been cut, the stubble must be burned. Otherwise it will not grow up well again, or Siam weed (mɨ̀aŋ-wáay) will grow up and the cogon¬grass disappears. Where a lot of cogongrass grows, the soil is not good for growing rice or vegetables, because the roots make the soil sour and hard. If one does not want to have cogongrass in the fields, it may be poi¬soned by sowing sesame (lŋà). After the field is burned, sesame seeds are sown all over the area where the co¬gongrass is growing. When the sesame grows up, the soil becomes looser and the cogongrass dies. Sometimes it is neces¬sary to leave the area unused for two or three swidden cycles (22 or 33 years). When the trees grow taller, the cogongrass will disappear. When people make gunpowder (pháw), they put in some thatch straws as a kind of offering to the spirits. An ex¬tract of the roots can be drunk to get rid of round¬worms (wàak).
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Citation:		Marie Widen. 2001. Lund University Humanities Lab corpusserver.