Cyperaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Cyperus imbricatus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cyperus imbricatus is a perennial, grass-like plant producing a cluster of slender to robust culms 50 - 150cm tall from a very short rhizome[ 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 in weaving and as a medicine. Cyperus imbricatus is widely distributed and has no threats. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWidely spread in tropical and subtropical areas from Africa through Asia to New Guinea, also in the Americas.

HabitatSwamps, wet rice-fields, on river-banks, and in other open wet places, at low elevations, rarely ascending to 900 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 ].