Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense (Crantz) Kük.

Subspecies

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Characteristics

A sedge. These grow in clumps and have grass like leaves and solid stalks. They have rough edges. It grows 1-3 m tall. The stalks are 3 sided. The leaves on the stems are 60-120 cm long by 6-20 mm wide.
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Inflorescence copious, effuse. Partial panicles rather loose. Spikelets 2-3 mm long. Connective of the anthers shortly produced. Nut small, more or less rugulose, opaque, ferrugineous to brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.75 - 2.5
Root system fibrous-root rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. In Argentina it grows below 100 m above sea level. It grows in the swampy edges of streams. In Guatemala it grows up to 1,500 m above sea level.
Light 7-8
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The young shoots are eaten as an emergency food.
Uses fiber medicinal
Edible shoots
Therapeutic use Chickenpox (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 22
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense world distribution map, present in Angola, Anguilla, Åland Islands, American Samoa, Burkina Faso, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Botswana, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Moldova (Republic of), Madagascar, Maldives, Mozambique, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Rwanda, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Uruguay, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:80337-3
WFO ID wfo-0000356485
COL ID 5GH53
BDTFX ID 168309
INPN ID 446178
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Synonyms

Cladium bahiense Mariscus elevatus Mariscus leptostachyus Cladium occidentale Hypolytrum kuntzeanum Cladium effusum Mariscus jamaicensis Cladium jamaicense Cladium leptostachyum Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense Cladium mariscus var. ferruginescens