Cyperaceae FAMILY

Fimbristylis pauciflora

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Fimbristylis pauciflora is a usually perennial, erect to prostrate, grass-like plant. The stems are densely tufted, the plant eventually forming large clumps, up to 30cm tall and perhaps 50cm wide[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is used as a green manure in rice fields.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Caroline Islands, northern Australia

HabitatWet grasslands, savannahs, forest floors and swamp margins[ 991 Title Cyperaceae of Economic, Ethnobotanical and Horticultural Importance: A Checklist Publication Kew Bulletin Vol. 56 No. 2, pp 257 - 360 Author Simpson D.A.; Inglis C.A. Publisher The Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew, London Year 2001 ISBN 1-84246-038-2 Description An excellent and very comprehensive checklist, giving the range, habitat and uses of over 500 species. ]. Sunny or shaded, damp, sandy or clayey sites, on swamps edges, and in rice fields, at elevations up to 800 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].