Cyperaceae FAMILY
Fimbristylis dura
Fimbristylis dura
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Fimbristylis dura is a perennial grass-like plant with short, rarely creeping, woody rhizome. The stems are solitary or somewhat tufted, usually 45 - 75cm tall (occasionally to 100cm) and 2 - 5mm wide[ 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.
HabitatOpen forest, more rarely in rice fields and along river banks[ 991 Title Cyperaceae of Economic, Ethnobotanical and Horticultural Importance: A Checklist Publication Kew Bulletin Vol. 56 No. 2, pp 257 - 360 Author Simpson D.A.; Inglis C.A. Publisher The Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew, London Year 2001 ISBN 1-84246-038-2 Description An excellent and very comprehensive checklist, giving the range, habitat and uses of over 500 species. ]. Open places in primary forests, often abundant in secondary forests, forest-borders, shaded grassy localities, on river-banks, rarelv in rice fields. At elevations up to 1,000 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 ]