Plant type

Part

Use

Cyperus papyrus

Umbel

Young forage for livestock while mature is used as a broom

Cyperus papyrus

Culm

Mats, chairs, artefacts, roofing

Cyperus papyrus

Roots/rhizomes

Fuel wood

Phragmites sp.

Culms

Fencing, fish traps

Phragmites sp.

Leaves

Forage for livestock

Vossia cuspidata

Whole

Forage for livestock

Cyperus latifolia

Whole

Roofing

Solanum sp.

Whole

Wild vegetable

Ipomoea aquatica

Whole

Forage

Winter berries

Fruit

Wild fruit