Poaceae FAMILY
Ischaemum muticum
Ischaemum muticum
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Ischaemum muticum is a spreading, stoloniferous, perennial grass with prostrate or rambling culms 15 - 40cm long. The much-branched culms root at the lower nodes, the plant forming a mat of growth. The stolons are long, often 5 metres or more in length[ 375 Title Grassland Species - Profiles Publication Author Website http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Gbase/Default.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse information on over 650 species of plants that grow in grassland, including trees, shrubs and perennial plants as well as grasses. Gives a brief description of the plant, its range and habitat and some of its uses. ]. The plant is utilized as a soil stabilizer and source of mulch material.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - Japan, Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, W. Pacific
HabitatOpen places, especially in sandy places and near the sea[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. It often forms extensive colonies that bind the sand at the back of sandy beaches[ 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. ].