…Because most of Egypt is desert and trees are scarce, papyrus stems are used not only for making paper, but also for making cloth from fibers and for making small boats like the totora boats on Lake Titicaca by bundling many stems together. Because of the beautiful appearance of papyrus, plants with similar shapes, such as C. alternifolius L. (C. diffusus Vahl) and C. pulcher Poir. (C. pulcher Poir.) and C. prolifer Lam. (C. pulcher Poir.), are used as ornamental plants in greenhouses as what gardeners call cyperuses. C. evagrostis Vahl, which was naturalized in Okinawa after World War II, is a large sedge that resembles papyrus and is native to tropical America. … *Some of the terminology that refers to "Oomizuhanabi" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…エジプトは,国の大部分が砂漠で木に乏しいため,パピルスの茎は紙作り以外に,繊維から布地を作ったり,また茎をたくさん束ねて,ちょうどチチカカ湖のトトラ・ボートのような小舟を作った。 パピルスは美しい姿をしているため,それに類似した形のシュロガヤツリC.alternifolius L.(カラカサガヤツリ),C.diffusus Vahlや,より小型のカヤツリグサ類のオオミズハナビC.pulcher Poir.,ヒメカミガヤツリC.prolifer Lam.などは,園芸家のいわゆるシペラス類として,温室内の観賞植物になっている。第2次大戦後,沖縄に帰化したメリケンガヤツリC.evagrostis Vahlは熱帯アメリカ産のパピルスに似た大型カヤツリグサである。… ※「オオミズハナビ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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