Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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Cyperaceae
Bolboschoenus affinis (Roth.) Drobov.
(Syn: Scripus affinis Roth.)
English name: Tuberous bulrushes, Saltmarsh bulrushes.
Local name: Cheho.
Description:
A perennial hydrophyte 60-70 cm in height; rhizome creeping or with stolons ending
in a tuber, inflorescence mostly a group of sessile spikes often yellow in colour.
Flowering Period:
Almost round the year.
Habitat:
Hydrophytic. Found in shallow water, rivers, lack-shores,
Irrigation channels, waste land pools and rice-fields.
Uses:
Use as fodder for livestock.
Distribution:
Europe to India and Pakistan.