Scleria pergracilis
(Nees) Kunth
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Description
An annual sedge. It has slender tufted erect stems 50 cm long with rigid flat leaves. A small 3 sided nut is produced on the flower at the top.
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Edible Uses
The strongly lemon-scented leaves are eaten with salt. The fruit is also edible.
Traditional Uses
The strongly lemon scented leaves are eaten with salt.
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Distribution
A tropical plant. It occurs from sea level to 1500 m. It is normally on open slopes and near the edges of swamps. It grows in wet grass savannah.
Where It Grows
Africa, Asia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, PNG, SE Asia, Sierra Leone, West Africa,
Cultivation
It grows wild.
Synonyms
References (5)
- Ambasta S.P. (Ed.), 2000, The Useful Plants of India. CSIR India. p 560
- French, B.R., 1986, Food Plants of Papua New Guinea, A Compendium. Asia Pacific Science Foundation p 384
- Powell, J.M., Ethnobotany. In Paijmans, K., 1976, New Guinea Vegetation. Australian National University Press. p 111
- Simpson, D. A. & Inglis, C. A., 2001, Cyperaceae of Economic, Ethnobotanical and Horticultural Importance: A checklist. Kew Bulletin Vol. 56, No. 2 (2001), p. 342
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
