Cyperaceae FAMILY

Kyllinga brevifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Kyllinga brevifolia is a herbaceous, perennial plant with culms of grass-like leaves frowing from a long, slender rhizome creeping horizontally under or close to the ground surface. The stems can be 10 - 50 cm long[ 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. , 360 Title Philippine Medicinal Plants Publication Author Website http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant. , 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWidespread through the tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions.

HabitatGrasslands, along roads, in forest clearings and on river banks, at elevations up to 1,500 metres[ 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. ]. Open grasslands, waste places, along dikes, rice paddies and other moist places in the Philippines[ 360 Title Philippine Medicinal Plants Publication Author Website http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant. ].