Cyperus margaritaceus Vahl

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Cyperus

Characteristics

A robust, perennial herb, up to 0.7 m high. Inflorescence of 2-8 slightly flattened spikelets. Nutlets 2.2-2.8 mm long and 1.7-2.0 mm broad. Glumes whitish, pale yellow or light reddish brown.
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With a capitate inflorescence of large spikelets, whitish with a green edge formed by the flattened glume tips
Tufted plant with contiguous stem bases thickened by numerous leaf-sheaths
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.7
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Environment

Often rather abundant, growing in open woodland or grassland, temporarily waterlogged more or less bare sandy soils, riverbanks, often on sandy or loamy soils; at elevations from 900-2,000 metres.
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Sandy ground.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use material medicinal
Edible stems
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Cyperus margaritaceus world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Central African Republic, Congo, Cabo Verde, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, eSwatini, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:305110-1
WFO ID wfo-0000377519
COL ID 33CRK
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Synonyms

Cyperus eburneus Cyperus margaritaceus Cyperus margaritaceus var. prorepens Cyperus margaritaceus var. pseudoniveus Cyperus pseudoniveus