Carex stramentitia

Boott ex Boecker

CyperaceaeSeeds/Nuts

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

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Conveyor Belt

What to Eat

Edible parts: Seeds

The seeds are eaten raw.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows in grasslands near woods between 100-1,000 m above sea level in southern China. In Yunnan.

Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A sedge. It has a long rhizome. The stems are tufted and 30-75 cm tall. They are 3 sided. The leaves are flat and 1-2 mm wide. It has a compound flower panicle 20-30 cm across and 3-5 branched. There are many spikes. The seeds are oval and 3 sided. They are 3 mm across.

References (1)

Srivastava, R. C., 2010, Traditional knowledge of Nyishi (Daffla) tribe of Arunachal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 9(1):26-37 (As Carex filicina Boeckeler ex C. B. Clarke [Invalid])

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