Cyperus reduncus Hochst. ex Boeckeler

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Cyperus

Characteristics

Broad yellow-green spikelets with conspicuously spreading glumes ending in recurved green tips
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Weak annual up to 30 cm. high
Soft, flat leaves and bracts
Life form
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Marshy savanna, rice fields and other wet places.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-9
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Cyperus reduncus world distribution map, present in Benin, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zambia

Conservation status

Cyperus reduncus threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:305741-1
WFO ID wfo-0000381081
COL ID 6C853
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cyperus aristatus Cyperus reduncus