Cyperaceae FAMILY

Fimbristylis quinquangularis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Fimbristylis quinquangularis is an erect, annual or short-lived perennial, grass-like plant with fibrous roots. The stems are densely tufted, usually up to 40cm long (rarely to 120cm) and 1 - 2mm wide[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. When growing as a weed in rice fields it is often ploughed back into the soil as a green manure.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWidespread in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia

HabitatWet places[ 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. ]. Open or lightly shaded wet places: swampy grassland, rice-fields, damp savannah flats. teak forests, at elevations up to 500 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].