파피루스

파피루스

 

과명	Cyperaceae(사초과)	속명	Cyperus (방동사니속)
전체학명	Cyperus papyrus	추천명	파피루스
이명		외국명

 

Cyperus papyrus (papyrus, papyrus sedge, paper reed, Indian matting plant, Nile grass) is a species of aquatic flowering plant belonging to the sedge family Cyperaceae. It is a tender herbaceous perennial, native to Africa, and forms tall stands of reed-like swamp vegetation in shallow water.

Papyrus sedge (and its close relatives) has a very long history of use by humans, notably by the Ancient Egyptians—it is the source of papyrus paper, one of the first types of paper ever made. Parts of the plant can be eaten, and the highly buoyant stems can be made into boats. It is now often cultivated as an ornamental plant.

In nature, it grows in full sun, in flooded swamps, and on lake margins throughout Africa, Madagascar, and the Mediterranean countries.

This tall, robust, leafless aquatic plant can grow 4 to 5 m (13 to 16 ft) high. It forms a grass-like clump of triangular green stems that rise up from thick, woody rhizomes. Each stem is topped by a dense cluster of thin, bright green, thread-like stems around 10 to 30 cm (4 to 10 in) in length, resembling a feather duster when the plant is young. Greenish-brown flower clusters eventually appear at the ends of the rays, giving way to brown, nut-like fruits.

The younger parts of the rhizome are covered by red-brown, papery, triangular scales, which also cover the base of the culms. Botanically, these represent reduced leaves, so strictly it is not quite correct to call this plant fully "leafless".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyperus_papyrus

잎은 줄기의 밑부분에 달린다. 꽃은 연한 갈색으로 핀다. 다년초이다.

 

 

 

우간다의 파피루스 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Papyrus_along_the_Nile_in_Uganda_-_by_Michael_Shade.jpg

영국의 Kew.gardens http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kew.gardens.papyrus.plant.arp.jpg

종이의 기원 http://www.wjhanji.co.kr/intro/intro.php?p=a1&s=4