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Scleria splitgerberiana

Botanic Family

Cyperaceae

Author

Henrard ex Uittien

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Dec

Scrambling rhizomatous vining sedge, culms to 10m long, glabrous or sparsely pilose & ribbed. Leaves to 600mm x 14mm mainly glabrous above, spiny beneath. Axillary panicles of brown flowers, pistillate spikelets to 7mm x 3mm, staminate spikelets to 4mm x 2mm. Purple achenes to 5mm x 2.5mm

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Kew
• The Plant List 2