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Summary
Physical Characteristics
Selaginella tamariscina is an evergreen Perennial growing to 0.1 m (0ft 4in). It is in leaf all year. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs).
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland). It prefers moist soil.
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Synonyms
Plant Habitats
Cultivated Beds; North Wall. In. East Wall. In.
Edible Uses
Edible Parts: Leaves Shoots
Edible Uses:
Young shoots - cooked[177].
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Medicinal Uses
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Astringent Haemostatic
The whole plant is astringent and haemostatic[147]. A decoction is used in the treatment of traumatic bleeding, haemoptysis in pulmonary disease, gastro-intestinal bleeding, metrorrhagia, haematuria, persistence of post-partum lochial discharge, rectal prolapse and leucorrhoea[147].
References More on Medicinal Uses
Other Uses
References More on Other Uses
Cultivation details
References Carbon Farming Information and Carbon Sequestration Information
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Plant Propagation
Seed -
Other Names
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Native Range
TEMPERATE ASIA: Mongolia, Russian Federation (Kamcatskij kraj), China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan TROPICAL ASIA: India (northeast), Indochina, Thailand (north), Indonesia (Jawa), Philippines
Weed Potential
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Conservation Status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status :
IUCN Red List
Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.
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Botanical References
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