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Cyperus esculentus is a highly invasive species in Oceania, Mexico, some regions of the United States, and the Caribbean, mainly by seed dispersion. [12] It is readily transported internationally, and is adaptable to re-establish in varied climate and soil environments. [ 12 ]
Cyperus longus [14] [16] Cyperus papyrus (papyrus) [14] Some Cyperus species are used in folk medicine. Roots of Near East species were a component of kyphi, a medical incense of Ancient Egypt. Tubers of C. rotundus (purple nut-sedge) tubers are used in kampō. An unspecified Cyperus is mentioned as an abortifacient in the 11th-century poem De ...
Cyperus cyrtolepis Torr. & Hook. – now Cyperus acuminatus; Cyperus involucratus Rottb. - now Cyperus alternifolius; Cyperus variabilis Salzm. ex Steud. – now Cyperus esculentus; Cyperus zanzibarensis C.B.Clarke - now Cyperus pulchellus
Cyperus esculentus, yellow nutsedge, yellow nutgrass; Cyperus rotundus, coco-grass, Java grass This page was last edited on 23 December 2020, at 11:30 (UTC). ...
The Cyperaceae (/ ˌ s aɪ p ə ˈ r eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges.The family is large; botanists have described some 5,500 known species in about 90 genera [3] [4] – the largest being the "true sedges" (genus Carex), [5] [6] with over 2,000 species.
Cyperus rotundus is a perennial plant, that may reach a height of up to 140 cm (55 in).The names "nut grass" and "nut sedge" – shared with the related species Cyperus esculentus – are derived from its tubers, that somewhat resemble nuts, although botanically they have nothing to do with nuts.
Cyperus comes from a Greek plant name. [39] [40] 94 genera, worldwide [41] [42] These non-woody plants grow in soil and water. Annual species generally grow in bunches, like tufts of grass. [43] Papyrus is still used as a paper substitute, and edible tubers of Cyperus esculentus are still cultivated, both
Cyperus esculentus L. var. nervoso-striatus (Turrill) Kuk. accepted as Cyperus esculentus L. var. esculentus, present Cyperus fastigiatus Rottb. indigenous Cyperus fenzelianus K.Schum. accepted as Cyperus rotundus L. subsp. tuberosus (Rottb.)