Cyperaceae FAMILY
Scirpodendron ghaeri
Scirpodendron ghaeri
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
The plant grows in clumps and has cutting, pandan-like leaves. Larger creatures avoid trying to pass through these clumps, which often form almost impenetrable, pure stands[1].
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Perennial
Growth—
A plant of mainly coastal areas being found at elevations up to 150 metres, exceptionally to 300 metres[2]. The mature fruits have a corky exterior which enables them to float and thus travel to new sites at which to germinate[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Scirpodendron+ghaeri>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Flora Malesiana Series 1 — Various · Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch · http://www.archive.org ↩︎A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet
- [2]Flora Vitiensis Nova — Smith. A.C. · Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii · 1979 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [3]Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants — http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 ↩︎Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
- [4]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.