Kyllinga tenuifolia
MH323 : Kyllinga tenuifolia Steud.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 545 |
| Synonym | : | Cyperus tenuifolius (Steud.) Dandy.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Cyperaceae |
| Description | : | A tufted sedge, briefly-rhizomed with closely-spaced culms, swollen at their base, rising to 30–40 cm high, of damp sites in savanna throughout the Region, and widespread in the Old World tropics.The rhizome with the swollen culm-bases, along with other similar Kyllinga species (K. erecta, K. pumila, K. squamulata), are sold in N Nigerian markets under the Hausa name turare meaning ‘scent’ for use in fumigation, to chew and for addition to food and medicine as a flavour. The taste is aromatic and slightly bitter. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Red List Category - Least Concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.prota4u.org/database/protav8.asp?g=psk&p=Kyllinga+tenuifolia+Steud.
- https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.upwta.1_1313
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/262639
- https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1675921785 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Commelinidae |
| Order | : Cyperales |
| Family | : Cyperaceae - Sedge family |
| Genus | : Kyllinga Rottb. - spikesedge |
| Species | : Kyllinga tenuifolia |