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Carex baccans

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Carex baccans, the crimson-seeded sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, with a widespread distribution in subtropical and tropical Asia; most of the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, most of Malesia (except Borneo), and on to New Guinea. An endophytic bacteria species, Glycomyces endophyticus, has been isolated from its roots.

Description

A sedge.

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Distribution

It grows in wetlands.

Where It Grows

Asia, China, Myanmar, SE Asia,

References (1)

  • Zhang, Y., et al, 2014, Diversity of wetland plants used traditionally in China: a literature review. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 10:72

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