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Botanical name: Cyperus brevifolius Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Synonyms: Kyllinga brevifolia
Synonyms: Kyllinga brevifolia
Green Water Sedge is a perennial herb with leaves
usually well-developed, weak to somewhat rigid, channeled, rough on the
margins in the upper part, grass-like, green, 1-3 mm wide, very rarely
only the upper one with a very short blade. Flowers are borne in heads,
usually consisting of a spherical to ovoide, 5-10 mm long and wide
head, at first greenish, finally straw-colored to darker, rarely with
1-2 smaller, stalkless heads at the base; Stamens 1-2. Fruit is a tiny
nut with both surfaces being convex. Each nut is pear-shaped to
elliptic and yellow-brown in color. Green Water Sedge is found widely
in the tropical world.
Medicinal uses:
A decoction of the whole plant
is used as a treatment against a variety of complaints including
malaria; colds with fever; whooping cough; bronchitis; swelling pain in
the throat]. The leaves are taken internally in the treatment of
diarrhoea. The pounded rhizome is used as a poultice for sores. A
poultice of the fresh leaves is applied to snake bites, furuncles,
sprains. A decoction may be used as an external wash in the treatment
of pruritis. Ten fresh tubers are made into a paste and eaten with
rice; once daily for three days as a treatment for diarrhoea.
Medicinal uses:
A decoction of the whole plant
is used as a treatment against a variety of complaints including
malaria; colds with fever; whooping cough; bronchitis; swelling pain in
the throat]. The leaves are taken internally in the treatment of
diarrhoea. The pounded rhizome is used as a poultice for sores. A
poultice of the fresh leaves is applied to snake bites, furuncles,
sprains. A decoction may be used as an external wash in the treatment
of pruritis. Ten fresh tubers are made into a paste and eaten with
rice; once daily for three days as a treatment for diarrhoea. | Identification credit: Bubai Bera | Photographed in Chilkigarh, Jhargram, West Bengal. |
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