Cyperaceae FAMILY

Cyperus giganteus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cyperus giganteus is a perennial herbaceous plant with stout culms 1 - 2 metres tall, often forming extensive colonies[ 368 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Volume 30 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis. Year 1943 ISBN Description Contains parts of the Flora of Panama.This, and other volumes of the series, are available for download from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of material for weaving. The plant fibres are said to be of high quality and suitable for commercial use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas; C. America - Panama to Mexico; Caribbean

HabitatTropical moist forest,premontane wet forest and tropical wet forest; often forming extensive and dense colonies in open swamps near the coast in Panama[ 315 Title Flora of Barro Colorado Island Publication Author Croat. Thomas B. Website http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/croat/home Publisher Stanford University Press Year 1978 ISBN 0-8047-0950-5 Description A very good flora of an area in Panama. Written some years ago, so some of the names have been changed. The book is out of print, but the whole flora is now available on the web. , 368 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Volume 30 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis. Year 1943 ISBN Description Contains parts of the Flora of Panama.This, and other volumes of the series, are available for download from the Internet. ].