Cyperaceae FAMILY
Cyperus javanicus
Cyperus javanicus
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Cyperus javanicus is a grass-like, perennial plant with very short rhizomes; it produces a loose clump of stout stems around 30 - 70cm tall, occasionally to 110cm[ 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 and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeAfrica - Madagascar; E. Asia - India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, south China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, northern Australia, Pacific
HabitatCharacteristic of open, moist to swampy, usually salty or brackish localities near the sea: sandy foreshores, coral reefs, muddv creek-banks, inner borders of the mangrove ; rarely more inland ;at elevations up to 250 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 ]