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Thysanolaena is a genus of grass with a single species, Thysanolaena latifolia (tiger grass, broom grass), which forms bamboo-like tussocks and whose flower plumes are used to make brooms. It is grown mainly as an outdoor ornamental in the tropics and does best in moist, well-drained conditions.
Thysanolaena is a monotypic genus of the grass family, in the tribe Thysanolaeneae. Its only recognized species is Thysanolaena latifolia (formerly Thysanolaena maxima), native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is also naturalized in Mauritius, Seychelles, Gambia, Tanzania, Hawaii, California, the West Indies and Brazil.
Tiger grass, Nepalese broom grass, broom grass, broom stick are common names for this plant, in Nepali amriso and jhadu in Assamese . The flowers of this plant are used as cleaning tool or broom, which is known as kuchcho in Nepali and jhadu (phool jhadu) in Hindi.
Tiger grass is another common name for this plant throughout the tropics where it is grown as an ornamental. It may be used to create the effect of bamboo, which it resembles. Although both are grasses (Family Poaceae), bamboos are in the subfamily Bambusoideae, while T. latifolia is in the subfamily Panicoideae.
It is found growing along steep hills, sandy banks of rivers and damp steep banks along ravines. It is widely distributed throughout Nepal but only up to an altitude of 2000 metres. The grass can be grown on severely degraded and marginal lands. Broom grass tends to grow in tussocks, with 4-5 tussocks in a 100-metre radius and is harvested during the winter seasons between January and March.
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