Cyperaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Cyperus grandibulbosus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cyperus grandibulbosus is a fairly robust, grass-like, perennial plant with long, slender stolons at the end of which a bulb develops with stems 10 - 60cm long growing directly from the bulb[ 500 Title Flora of Somalia Publication Author Thulin M. (Editor) Publisher Kew Publishing, London. Year 1993 ISBN Description Detailed information on the plants of the region, often adding notes on the plants uses. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food. Cyperus grandibulbosus is widespread and while it is possibly declining in parts of its range due to habitat conversion to agricultural land it is not thought that global population decline is likely to meet the threshold for any threatened category. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2017)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEastern Africa - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania

HabitatSeasonally wet habitats, wooded grassland and grasslands, often on red loamy soil; at elevations from around sea level to 1,250 metres[ 500 Title Flora of Somalia Publication Author Thulin M. (Editor) Publisher Kew Publishing, London. Year 1993 ISBN Description Detailed information on the plants of the region, often adding notes on the plants uses. , 610 Title Flora of Tropical East Africa Publication Author Beentje H.J. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2002 ISBN Description Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa. ].