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 Eleocharis acutangula (Roxb.)Schult.

Synonyms	:	Baeothryon fistulosum (Schult.) A.Dietr.
Family	:	CYPERACEAE
Local name	:	English- spikerush
Flowering and fruiting period	:	June-November
Distribution	:	Pantropical
Distribution in kerala	:	Idukki, Kozhikkode
Habitat	:	Marshy areas in grasslands
Uses	:	Not Known
Key Botanical Characters: Partially submerged rhizomatous perennials; rhizome creeping, clothed with brown scales; culms 30-65 cm high, partially submerged and spongy. spikelets 30 x 3.5 mm, linear-oblong, cylindric; glumes 4.5 x 4 mm, broadly ovate, obtuse, 1-nerved, concave; margin striate with red lines; bristle 3.5 mm long, pale brown; stamens 3, anthers 2.5 mm long; style base wider than ovary. Nut 2 x 1.5 mm, obovoid, obtuse, longitudinally striate; epidermal cells transversely oblong.