Cyperus bulbosusNot on sheet. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vorster, P.,
Related name
Cyperus cruentus
Cyperus amauropus
Cyperus callistus
Cyperus polyphyllus
Mariscus bulbosus
Cyperus blysmoides
Mariscus leptophyllus
Hemichlaena bulbosa
Cyperus bulbosus
Cyperus polystachyos
Mariscus amauropus
Cyperus leptophyllus
Common name
lãgama (JB) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
dúg-ñá’ (pl. -ñóŋó) (D&C) (NIGER, SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
jiji (Golding) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
Flora
Entry for CYPERUS bulbosus Vahl [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by K. A. Lye [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CYPERUS bulbosusVahl [family CYPERACEAE], (1805).
Information
Perennial with a basal bulb covered by brown to blackish scales and with very slender stolons ending in new 3–7 mm thick bulbs from which the stems emerge; stems 8–50 cm long, triangular. Leaves many, 5–25 cm long and 2–6 mm wide. Inflorescence a lax anthela 3–12 cm long and 5–12 cm wide, consisting of 4–6 leafy bracts, 1 sessile spike and 3–6 stalked spikes or reduced to 1 single spike. Spikes 1.5–4 x 1.5–4 cm, consisting of 5–20 spreading spikelets. Spikelets 5–25 x 1.5–3 mm, linear-lanceolate, dark reddish brown to yellowish green, 5–10-flowered. Glumes 3–4 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, dark reddish brown to almost blackish, with a paler slightly excurrent green midrib (even in the uppermost glumes the mucro is c. 0.2 mm long only) and prominent lateral nerves. Style 3-branched. Nutlet c. 0.8 x 0.5 mm, triangular, papillose.
Range
N1, 2; C2; S1–3 widespread in Africa, also Arabia to India and Malaysia, and N Australia.
