Cyperus pseudokyllingioides Kük.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Cyperus

Characteristics

Annual herb, up to 500 mm tall. Plant forming small tufts. Basal leaves longer than inflorescence. Umbel with bracts overtopping umbel. Spikelets densely packed. Fruits 1 per spikelet, 2.2-3.4 mm long. Fertile glume recurved-mucronate.
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Tufted annual, has a ‘fenugreek’ odour; inflorescence with many almost spherical spikes; spikelets 3.8-4.2 mm long, glumes yellowish grey with a green, strongly winged midrib.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 7-9
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Cyperus pseudokyllingioides world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Botswana, Indonesia, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Madagascar, Myanmar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, eSwatini, Chad, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, Viet Nam, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Cyperus pseudokyllingioides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:305651-1
WFO ID wfo-0000380504
COL ID 33D8P
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Kyllinga cyperoides Mariscus cyperoides Pseudomariscus cyperoides Courtoisia cyperoides Cyperus pseudokyllingioides Indocourtoisia cyperoides