Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Streptophyta

Class: Equiseptosida

subclas: Magnoliidae

Order: Poales

Family: Cyperaceae

Genus: Cyperus

Species: mindorensis

Description: The botanical species name nemoralis meanes, of woods or groves. White Water Sedge is a perennial creeping sedge spreading by means of a long-creeping rhizome, found in shaded meadows, rock crevices and road sides. Stems erect, up to 55 cm in height, 3-angled. Leaves many, usually shorter than the stem, linear, 1.5-3 mm wide, leaf sheath brown to purple-brown. Inflorescence is a spherical terminal head 5-10 mm in diameter, sometimes with 2-3 smaller fused lateral ones, subtended by 3-4 unequal, spreading, leafy bracts up to 20 cm long. Spikelets in the head are ovate to lanceolate, white, 2.5-3 mm long, 1-flowered. Fruit is an oblong to circular, lens-shaped achene 1.2-1.5 mm long, brown.

Uses: A decoction of the rhizomes is used to treat fever, while the entire plant is used to treat sprains and bruises.