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Cyperus esculentus

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Identification
Cyperus esculentus Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by P. Schippers, Cyperus lutescens Torr. & Hook. [family CYPERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Cyperus aureus
  • Cyperus nervosostriatus
  • Cyperus fulvescens
  • Cyperus tenorei
  • Cyperus esculentus
  • Cyperus pumilus
  • Cyperus lanceus
  • Cyperus lutescens
  • Cyperus nervoso-striatus
  • Cyperus tenorii
  • Cyperus phymatodes
  • Cyperus retusus
  • Cyperus rotundus
  • Cyperus usitatus
  • Cyperus flavescens
  • Cyperus sp.
  • Cyperus bulamensis
Common name
  • ísíp akr̀â = Accra Kernel; i.e., introduced from Accra (auctt.) (NIGERIA, EFIK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • pyò (LB) (NIGERIA, BEROM), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • hántí (pl. -ó) (D&C) (NIGER, SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • haya (ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA (East)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • toki (K&B) (IVORY COAST, MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • n’chongo (Macluskie) n’chongo ba = big n’chongo, a c.var. (Fox) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • njoro (K&B) nton (K&B) togon (K&B) (UPPER VOLTA, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • toki (JMD; FB) (GUINEA, MANDING-MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • imùmú òfio õmu (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ról (auctt.) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • nab al oziz also for the kernel of Bambara groundnut (JMD) suget (JMD) (NIGERIA, ARABIC-SHUWA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • souchet comestible; amande de terre., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • nansacha (Gaisser) (TOGO, DAGBANI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • fie (FRI) (GHANA, VHE (Awlan)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • gramanti (FCD) kramanti (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, KRIO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • dimori (Gaisser) (TOGO, BASSARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • fie (FRI) (GHANA, ADANGME), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ataŋme (FRI) (GHANA, GA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • atadwe (FRI) atadwe awehea, awe, to chew; awhẽa, sand, i.e., ‘to chew sand’, referring to the absence of nourishment (FRI) atadwe fufuu a white c.var. (FRI) atadwe hene, hene: king, a white c.var. with large nuts (FRI) atadwe tsintsin a white c.var. with slender roots (FRI) atadwe tuntum a black c.var. (FRI) (GHANA, AKAN-FANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bakar (ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA (West)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • tchoro (K&B) toro (K&B) (IVORY COAST, MANDING-DYULA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • idabongmale (Gaisser) (GHANA, KONKOMBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • amo (Gaisser) mŏĕ (Gaisser) (TOGO, TEM (Tshaudjo)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ntô (JB; K&A) ntogô (JMD, ex K&A) togô (K&A) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • amo (FB) (TOGO, TEM), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • fε (FRI; JMD) (GHANA, ADANGME-KROBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • tchoro (K&B) toro (K&B) (UPPER VOLTA, DYULA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ayaare (pl. ayaaje) (auctt.) waccuure (pl. waccuuje) (auctt.) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ẹrũnshà (JMD) (NIGERIA, YORUBA (Ijesha)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • nebu (JMD) nufu (JMD) (NIGERIA, KANURI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • árìgízà (JMD; ZOG) ayáá, áyaá, àyaà-áyaà (auctt.) áyaá rigiza (JMD) ba-dusaya a c.var. (JMD; ZOG) bákár-áyaá a c.var. (JMD; ZOG) chiso (JMD) cizo (ZOG) daк̉uwa a sweetmeat from the nuts (JMD) guzu-guzu a c.var. (JMD; ZOG) jar áyaá (JMD) jiji (Golding) rìgízá (JMD; ZOG) tamangarusa, tsinakuwa the roasted nuts (JMD) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • fie (FRI; JMD) fie ge a c.var. (JMD) fie yibσ a c.var. (JMD) fio (FRI; JMD) (GHANA, GBE-VHE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • épaympay (JB, ex K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • efá (JMD) (NIGERIA, NUPE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • idabongmale (FB) idabunyal amo (Froelich) indabongmale (FB) indabunyal amo (Froelich) (TOGO, KONKOMBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • nansaga (JMD) (GHANA, DAGBANI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • njoro, nton (A. Chev.) n-togon general for sedges (auctt.) togon-kayogo (A. Chev.) (MALI, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • atadwe (FRI) atadwe awehea, awe, to chew; awhẽa, sand, i.e., ‘to chew sand’, referring to the absence of nourishment (FRI) atadwe fufuu a white c.var. (FRI) atadwe hene, hene: king, a white c.var. with large nuts (FRI) atadwe tsintsin a white c.var. with slender roots (FRI) atadwe tuntum a black c.var. (FRI) (GHANA, TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ìshọ̀họ̀ (JMD) (NIGERIA, TIV), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • nâgaro a c.var. (AS; K&A) nder (auctt.) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • an-kolma-a-ro-gban an indefinite term, incl. other genera (JMD) an-soi (KM) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • (Pecí) fio (FRI) (GHANA, VHE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • saad (JMD) (NIGERIA, ARABIC), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • tiger nut; earth almond, earth nut; chufa (U.S.A. from Spanish settlers in the southern states); rush nut; yellow nut-grass; Zulu nut., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for CYPERUS isocladus Kunth [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 149, (1900) Author: (By C. B. CLARKE.)
Names
CYPERUS isocladus Kunth [family CYPERACEAE], Enum. ii. 37
CYPERUS æqualis Krauss [family CYPERACEAE], in Flora, 1845, 754.
CYPERUS æqualis Boeck. var. β [family CYPERACEAE], ! in Peters, Mossamb. 538, and in Linnæa, xxxv. 578.
CYPERUS jocladus Drège and E. Meyer [family CYPERACEAE], Pflanzengeogr. Documente 177.
CYPERUS iocladus Drège and E. Meyer [family CYPERACEAE], l.c. 151, 157.
CYPERUS esculentus Drège [family CYPERACEAE], l.c. 177.
Information
glabrous; rhizome creeping, 1/8– 1/6 in. in diam., with ovate brown scales 1/2 in. long; stems 1–2 1/2 ft. long., triquetrous at the top, often minutely scabrous; leaves 0; uppermost sheath produced on one side an in., hardly acute, not green; bracts very much shorter than the umbel; umbel simple; rays 50–100, 1–4 in. long, subequal, slender; spikelets 1–5, digitate, up to 1/2 by 1/12 in., compressed, brown or dirty straw-coloured, 6–12-flowered; glumes ovate, truncate, 3-nerved; keel hardly excurrent as a point; stamens 3; anthers linear-oblong, not crested; nut minute, scarcely 1/4 the length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, white or pale-brown; style slender about as long as the nut; branches 3, linear, shortly exserted from the glume. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Pondoland; between Umtentu River and St. Johns River, Drège, 4430! 4431! 4432! Bachmann, 94! 95! 96! 97! Natal; Coastland, Sutherland! ponds near Umlaas River, Krauss, 165! Clairmont, 100 ft.; MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm. Aust. Afr., 1032! Durban, Rehmann, 8623! Umhlanga Valley, Wood, 1331! and without precise locality; Buchanan, 106! 360!
Notes
C. prolifer, Lam. (C. æqualis, Vahl), is a frequent plant in South-east Tropical Africa and the Mascarene Islands, and has the stem trigonous or nearly terete at the top. From this C. isocladus only differs in its triquetrous stem. Boeckler may be judicious in uniting the two; but several of the preceding species are kept distinct on the same single character, viz. stem triquetrous or stem roundish.

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