Cyperaceae FAMILY

Fimbristylis schoenoides

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Fimbristylis schoenoides is an erect, perennial, grass-like plant with short rhizomes. It can grow up to 45cm tall with densely tufted stems[ 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. ]. The plant is often used as a green manure in rice fields.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Gabon and in Tanzania; E. Asia - China and Indian subcontinent to Philippines, Indonesia, northern Australia.

HabitatWet, open grasslands; rice fields; wet forest floors[ 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. ]. Locally common in open grassland and fallow rice fields, especially on permeable soils, at elevations up to 400 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. ].