paint brush sedge, flatsedge

Scientific Name
Cyperus javanicus
Category
Plants

A sedge often found growing near water. The stems are used to make the fine single strand paint brushes used for painting cross-hatching or 'rarrk'. The leaves are used to make string for a dilly bag called kolbborn.

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Kunwinjku term
manyilk
Kundjeyhmi term
anyilk
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Kuninjku term
manyilk
Kune/Mayali term
manyilk
Kundedjnjenghmi term
anyilk
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