Scleria racemosa Poir.

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Synonyms:	Scleria ciliolata Boeck. Scleria palmifolia Ridl. Scleria verrucosa sensu C.B. Clarke p.p.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Robust perennial sedge, 1-3.5 m tall, growing from a creeping rhizome. leaves ligulate, up to 60 cm long and 1-3 cm wide; basal sheeths and margins razor-sharpe. Inflorescences of one terminal and 3-6 lateral panicles, elliptic to lanceolate in outline. Male spikelets 5-6 mm long; glumes straw-coloured with reddish-brown dots; minutely hairy. Female spikelets 7-9 mm long; glumes strawcoloured or pale brown with dark reddish marks, whole spikelt falling with fruit. Nutlet ovoid, 4-5 mm long, smooth and hairless, white, tinged pinkish-brown. Hypigonium cup-shaped, 4-5 mm wide, yellowish-brown above, dark reddish-brown below; margin with many close-set whitish, yellowish or reddish-brown hairs.
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Habitat:	By rivers and in swampy ground in forest, lake shores and swamps.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1750 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Madagascar.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
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Images last updated:	Thursday 3 April 2014
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 303. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 50. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 125. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 413 - 414. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 89. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 113. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 78.

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