kaseru :
Cultivation:
Actinoscirpus grossus occurs, often abundantly, in swampy or inundated locations, pools, ditches and rice fields, from sea level up to 900 m altitude. It is an important aquatic weed in Southeast Asia. In Indonesia, it is considered a weed of minor importance in lowland-irrigated and tidal rice fields, where it can be controlled manually, by deep-ploughing before seed formation, or with herbicides. In Peninsular Malaysia, it is one of the major weeds of transplanted rice.
Propogation:
can be propagated by seed and by stolon parts.
Harvesting:
Collection period - February-March
