Swaziland's Flora Database
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Kyllinga alba Nees (name current July 2011) umuzi (Kyllinga alba var. alata) (Kyllinga alba var. alba) CYPERACEAE Growth form: Herb Found within protected areas Swaziland distribution: widespread Schedule C Medicinal Cultural uses Other uses Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*): Kyllinga alba - Slender, hairless; 30—45 cm high, with several soft basal leaves c 2 mm wide and about half as high as stem. Inflorescence spherical, c 1 cm diam; glumes narrow, pointed, white, papery. Few unequal leaf-like bracts, turned downwards at maturity, surround inflorescence; longest c 4 cm long. * Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication. |
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