Trees & Plants

White head spikesedge

Kanhui

Kyllinga nemoralis (J. R & G.

Common in open lands, especially in marshy areas. Stolon of the plant are useful in treating hyperdipsia, fever, cough, diarrhea, strangury, stomachalgia, fistula, verminosis, diabetes, colonopathy, tumour, bronchitis, hepatopathy, splenopathy and dermatitis. The plant has antiox

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uses: Stolon of the plant are useful in treating hyperdipsia, fever, cough, diarrhea, strangury, stomachalgia, fistula, verminosis, diabetes, colonopathy, tumour, bronchitis, hepatopathy, splenopathy and dermatitis. The plant has antioxidant and antibacterial properties. of
family: Cyperaceae
synonym: Th ryocephalon nemoralis J. R & G. Forst., Cyperus kyllinga f. substriceps (Kunth) Kuk.
description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial herbs; rhizome long-creeping covered with brown scales; culms triquetrous. Leaves × many, 2-15 0.2-0.4 cm, linear, margins Th scabrid on the upper part; sheaths 1-3 cm long, purple-brown. Inflorescence a head of globose spikes, the central spike longer than the others, white; leafy bracts 3-4, exceeding the inflorescence, the lowest upto 14 cm × long. Spikelets many, 2.5-3 1-1.5 mm, ovate-elliptic. Glumes distichous, 2-2.5 mm long, boat-shaped, keeled, lower 2 glumes smaller, empty. Stamens 3. Stigmas 2. Nut 1-1.5 mm long, obovate or oblong, biconvex, brownish.
native range: Asia-Pacific region, Liberia, Madagascar, Nigeria and Tanzania
distribution: Pantropical
english names: White head spikesedge
flowering fruiting: March – October Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalz. EUQEEFAR .M/OAF R
occurrence maldives: Common in open lands, especially in marshy areas.