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Please help me to identify this large grass found in rain forest of southern western ghats. The seeds are almost 0.3cm across; leaf: 20×1 cm.
Grass height: 1.5 metres
Date: 25 Aug 2012
Place: Valparai, TN
Alt.: 950 m asl This is Scleria sp. of Cyperaceae. Not a grass. The stems of most Cyperaceae are triangular in cross section, whereas all grasses have circular (terete) cross sections. Scleria species, need a specimen to identify it.
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Scleria species- Valparai, Tamil Nadu
Updated on October 2, 2025