Poaceae FAMILY

Themeda arundinacea

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Themeda arundinacea is a clump-forming, reed-like, perennial grass with culms that can be 1 - 6 metres tall[ 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. , 1858 Title A revision of Themeda (Gramineae) in Malesia with a new species from Laos Publication Blumea 61, 2016: 29-40 Author Veldkamp J.F. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651916X691349 Publisher Year 2016 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of fibre and thatching material.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines,

HabitatMountain slopes, valley grasslands; at elevations from 700 - 2,000 metres[ 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. ]. Sunny slopes, roadsides, open forest, pine forest, river banks, edges of rice fields; at elevations from 150 - 1,375 metres[ 1858 Title A revision of Themeda (Gramineae) in Malesia with a new species from Laos Publication Blumea 61, 2016: 29-40 Author Veldkamp J.F. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651916X691349 Publisher Year 2016 ISBN Description ]