| Accepted name: |
Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Eleocharis caribaea (Rottb.) S.F. Blake
-Eleocharis capitata R. Br.
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| English names: |
Geniculate Spike-rush
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| French names: |
Éléocharide geniculée
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
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| OPL Code: |
SELEGE
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
4.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for thunder sickness: fever, dizziness, headache & diarrhea. Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for rainbow sickness: fever, stiff neck and backache(*48)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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