Cyperus laxus Lam.

Lamarck, J.B.A.P. de Monnet de in Lamarck, J.B.A.P. de Monnet de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1791) Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique 1(1): 146.

Usually flowers and fruits when 1-2 m tall, sometimes when smaller.

Leaves linear, 25-70 x 0.8-2 cm. Margins finely toothed, the teeth just visible with a lens. One vein on either side of the midrib more prominent than the rest.

Inflorescence terminal on a peduncle 25-100 cm long ending in a rosette of bract-like leaves. Flowers borne in spikes arranged in a panicle. Lower flowers in each spike are female while the upper flowers are hermaphrodite.

Fruits (nuts) enclosed in persistent bracts and perianth segments. Nuts ca. 1.5 x 0.75 mm, nearly 3-lobed in transverse section.

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Occurs in NT, CYP and NEQ. Altitudinal range from near sea level to 150 m. Grows in rain forest and gallery forest. Also occurs in New Guinea.