''Kyllinga melanosperma'' is a species of
sedge
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' wit ...
, covered with dark brown scales that culm together to form rhizomes that are about long. The rhizomes are thick with a purple-brown sheath at the bottom. ''Kyllinga melanosperma'' is found in tropical Africa, southern and southeastern Asia.
''Kyllinga melanosperma'' propagates by seed.
References
melanosperma
Plants described in 1834
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