Poaceae FAMILY

Arundinella nepalensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Arundinella nepalensis is an evergreen, clump-forming grass with short, scaly rhizomes; it produces slender to stout, erect culms usually 90 - 200cm tall, occasionally to 300cm. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a thatch.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeAfrica - Guinea, Senegal, Kenya south to southern Africa; E. Asia - India, Nepal, southern China; Australia.

HabitatOpen places at elevations of 300 - 2,500 metres in Nepal[ 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ]. Mountain grasslands, hill thickets; at elevations from 500 - 1,800 metres in China[ 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. ]. Dry woodland and grassland, often in drainage ways, in New South Wales[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. ].