Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-633.71.15
Molineria capitulata
Region: Southeast Asia, China, India, Papuasia, Queensland, southern Asia, Indonesia, and northern Australia.
English: Palm grass.
Use: ornamental; fibers for making nets; fruit is edible.
Botany: herb, bunch-forming; habitat tropical, warmer temperate; leaves long, flat, fibrous; flowers star-shaped, yellow.