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Scleria boivinii

Botanic Family

Cyperaceae

Author

Steudel

Common Names

• Giye Ye (Bambindjere)
• Sword Grass
• Liane Rasoir
• Vine Razor
• Herbe Razoir

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Comoros
• Congo
• Equatorial Guniea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• shrubland
• bush
• forest.

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Aug
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Nov
• Dec

Climbing or rambling perennial sedge to 6m with hairy stems, leaves scabrous on margins 200mm x 4mm. Axillary panicles with chestnut-brown spikelets to 5mm long, white or brown to purple hairy nut, brown or greenish flowers, barbed leaf margins, blue or pink fruit, twining, mat-forming in shrubs & small trees

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• FCP
• Mobot
• Botanicus
• Aluka
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• FOL
• Kew