Family: Cyperaceae
Synonyms: Chlorocyperus malaccensis (Lam.) Palla, Cyperus fortunei Steud., Cyperus incurvatus Roxb., Cyperus malaccensis subsp. malaccensis, Cyperus malaccensis var. malaccensis, Cyperus neesii D.Dietr. [Illegitimate], Cyperus spaniophyllus Steud., Cyperus tegetiformis Benth. [Illegitimate], Cyperus wallichii Nees
Chinese: jiang du, 茳芏
Sarawak: benerong
Japanes: eshishito-i
Description: Perennials. Rhizomes , woody, culms 0.5-1.5 m tall, 4-6 mm thick, acutely trigonus; with 1-2 leaf sheaths; leaf blade absent; Involucral bracts 3 or 4, leaflike, unequal, one upto 40 cm long, remaing shorter. Inflorescence a simple ; rays 6-10, variable many,10-21cm long, . Spikes broadly ovoid, with 5-10 spikelets; rachist, glabrous. Spikelets laxly arranged, linear, 1-2.5 cm × ca. 1.5 mm, slightly turgid, spreading, 10-42-flowered; rachilla wings white, narrow, hyaline. Glumes reddish brown , lax, oblong to elliptic, 2-2.5 mm, papery, inconspicuously 7-9-veined, margin involute at maturity, apex obtuse to rounded. Stamens 3; anthers linear; connective prominent beyond anthers. Style short; stigmas 3, slender. Nutlet blackish brown when mature.
Uses: Pounded roots rubbed on forehead as a febrifuge [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Published afrticles of Cyperus malaccensis
1. Iron Reduction Along an Inundation Gradient in a Tidal Sedge (Cyperus malaccensis) Marsh: the Rates, Pathways, and Contributions to Anaerobic Organic Matter Mineralization
By: Luo, Min; Zeng, Cong-Sheng; Tong, Chuan; et al.
ESTUARIES AND COASTS Volume: 39 Issue: 6 Pages: 1679-1693 Published: NOV 2016
2. TEMPORAL-SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL INORGANIC NITROGEN IN CYPERUS MALACCENSIS RHIZOSPHERE AND NON-RHIZOSPHERE
By: Li, Jiabing; Su, Shaowei; Zhang, Liyan; et al.
FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN Volume: 25 Issue: 9 Pages: 3612-3621 Published: 2016
3. Phytoremediation potential of Cd and Zn by wetland plants, Colocasia esculenta L. Schott, Cyperus malaccensis Lam. and Typha angustifolia L. grown in hydroponics
By: Chayapan, P.; Kruatrachue, M.; Meetam, M.; et al.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY Volume: 36 Issue: 5 Pages: 1179-1183 Published: SEP 2015
4. Ecological stoichiometry of C, N, and P of invasive Phragmites australis and native Cyperus malaccensis species in the Minjiang River tidal estuarine wetlands of China
By: Wang, Wei Qi; Sardans, Jordi; Wang, Chun; et al.
PLANT ECOLOGY Volume: 216 Issue: 6 Pages: 809-822 Published: JUN 2015
5. Fungal colonization and breakdown of sedge (Cyperus malaccensis Lam.) in an Indian mangrove
By: Sridhar, Kandikere R.; Karamchand, Kishore S.; Sumathi, Prabhu
Conference: 11th International Marine and Freshwater Mycology Symposium Location: Taichung, TAIWAN Date: NOV, 2009
BOTANICA MARINA Volume: 53 Issue: 6 Special Issue: SI Pages: 525-533 Published: DEC 2010
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