Poaceae FAMILY

Phragmites karka

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Phragmites karka is a robust, herbaceous perennial grass producing somewhat woody culms that can be 4 - 10 metres tall and 15 - 25mm in diameter from an extensive, creeping rhizome. In the correct conditions, the plant can produce large areas of dense growth that excludes most other plant growth[ 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. , 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. ]. The plant has a wide range of local uses, mainly as a source of materials but also for food. It can be planted by rivers as a means of protecting the soil from erosion and can also be planted in beds in order to purify water.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWidely spread through tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia to New Guinea, Australia and the Pacific.

HabitatWarm swampy valleys and river banks at elevations up to 1,000 metres in southern 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. ]. Grows in sunny areas in and on the banks of streams, lakes and billabongs in rainforest, vineforest, various types of woodland and wooded grassland[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].