• Family : CYPERACEAE
  (Sedge Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CYPERACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Mariscus javanicus (Houtt.) Merr. & Metc.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyperus javanicus Houtt.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Marshy areas in degraded forests and mangrove forests, also in the plains
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district
  • Odisha : Puri district, Khurda district, Ganjam district
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyperus javanicus. Downloaded on 19 May 2024.

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