Trees & Plants

Water grass of

Kaafaru hui

Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.

Common in open areas in most of the islands In traditional medicine, a decoction of the plant is used to treat dysentery. to a

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uses: In traditional medicine, a decoction of the plant is used to treat dysentery. to a
family: Cyperaceae
synonym: Scirpus barbatus Rottb., Isolepis barbata (Rottb.) R. Br.
description: Densely tufted annuals; culms erect, slender, 6-20 cm tall. Leaves 4-7 cm long, upto 0.5 mm wide, capillary to filiform, acuminate, scabrid towards apex; sheaths 0.5-1.5 cm long, brownish, with white long hairs at mouth. Inflorescence a terminal head, 6-12 mm across, brownish; bracts 1-3, 0.5-1.5 cm long, setaceous. × Spikelets sessile, 3-7 1.5-2.5 mm, ovate- lanceolate, apex subacute. Glumes spiral, × 2-4 1-2 mm, ovate-acute, strongly keeled, mucronate, keel scabrid, margins ciliolate, 1-2 basal ones empty. Stamen 1-3. Style linear, broader at base; stigmas 3. Nut upto × 1 0.5 mm, obovate, triquetrous, stamineous.
distribution: Africa, temperate and C. B. Clarke tropical Asia, Australasia and southern and northern America.
english names: Water grass of
flowering fruiting: August – December Native region: Unknown
occurrence maldives: Common in open areas in most of the islands