Trees & Plants

Marsh sedge

Vinahui

Fimbristylis polytrichoides

Common in open areas and open canopy in forests No known use

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uses: No known use
family: Cyperaceae
synonym: Scirpus polytrichoides Retz., Fimbristylis albescens Steud
description: Erect herbs, stem tufted, setaceous. Leaves canaliculated, acicular, 4-20 cm, apex acute; ligule shortly hairy; sheaths membranous. Inflorescence terminal or pseudolateral, with a solitary spikelet; involucral bract 1, stiff , 1-2 cm. Spikelet oblong-ovoid, subterete, to 1 cm, acute; rachilla winged; glumes lanceolate, thin; keel 1-3-nerved. Stamens 2. Style 2-fid, apex shortly ciliate, base dilated. Nut obovoid, biconvex, to 1 mm, acutely angled, grey-fulvous, verruculose, obscurely striate, with isodiametric cells, umbonulate, shortly stipitate.
native range: Tropical Africa, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia (Retz.) R. Br.
distribution: Th roughout the tropics from Africa to Australia
english names: Marsh sedge · Rusty sedge
flowering fruiting: October - November
occurrence maldives: Common in open areas and open canopy in forests