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Juncus effusus
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Family:
JUNCACEAE
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Citation: Juncus effusus L., Sp. Pl. 326. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 392. 1892; Shetty et al., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 14: 20. 1972.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Corkscrew Rush, Spiral Rush, Soft Rush
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Description:
Culms tufted, from a short-jointed, horizontal rhizome, terete, erect, glabrous, to 140 cm tall. Leaves reduced to sheaths; sheaths rounded, to 10 cm, with a caducous awn, closely culm-clasping. Inflorescence of cymes, pseudo-lateral on the stem, solitary, to 4 cm long and 7 cm wide, many flowered; bract to 18 cm long, continuous with the culm. Flowers mostly stalked, but sessile at forks; bracteoles 2, broadly ovate, acute, yellowish, to 0.1 x 0.06 cm. Tepals narrowly ovate-elliptic, acute, subequal, margins transparent; midrib prominent. Stamens usually 3. Ovary obovoid; style short; stigma erect. Capsule obovoid, 3-gonous, to 0.3 x 0.2 cm; seeds numerous, oblong, brownish.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-April
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Marshy areas
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Distribution:
Cosmopolitan
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Aquatic:
Yes
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow, Creamy
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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