Fuirena — 1 species

Botanical species in the genus Fuirena recorded in the PlantPeers database.

Fuirena umbellata
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Fuirena umbellata

Fuirena umbellata

Family: Cyperaceae

Cultivation

The plant is found as a weed in rice fields. The basal node of the flowering culm is swollen into a bulbil, so that the tufted plant resembles a shallot (Allium cepa var). The plant spreads by means of these bulbils, making it a difficult weed to eradicate.

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