Occasional along the sides of marshy areas Used as a cattle fodder NARAHDISAS .N/OAF
Details
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uses
Used as a cattle fodder NARAHDISAS .N/OAF
family
Cyperaceae
synonym
Cyperus coloratus Vahl, Scirpus glomeratus L.
description
Erect, tufted perennials with short rhizome; culms 15-38 cm tall, triquetrous, base bulbous, covered with brown membranous sheaths. Leaves many, × basal, 16-30 0.2 - 0.4 cm, linear, gradually acuminate at apex, scabrid on margins towards the apex; sheaths 2-6 cm long, basal ones brown. Inflorescence simple, congested in a dense, hemispherical, ovoid, white, head, 1-2 cm long and wide; leafy bracts 3-5, the longest upto 20 cm long. × Spikelets 5-8 1.5-2.5 mm, ovate-acute, turgid-flattened. Glumes 4-9, distichous, × 2.5-3.5 2-3 mm, broadly ovate, apex subacute, whitish. Stamens 3, oblong. × Stigma 3. Nuts 1.5-2 0.5 mm, oblong- ellipsoid, trigonous, light brownish.