Cyperaceae FAMILY

Cyperus bulbosus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cyperus bulbosus is a perennial, grass-like plant producing several very slender stolons, and at the end of each an ovoid to globose tuber around 10mm in diameter is formed. Each tuber becomes a new plant with culms around 15 - 50cm tall[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 991 Title Cyperaceae of Economic, Ethnobotanical and Horticultural Importance: A Checklist Publication Kew Bulletin Vol. 56 No. 2, pp 257 - 360 Author Simpson D.A.; Inglis C.A. Publisher The Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew, London Year 2001 ISBN 1-84246-038-2 Description An excellent and very comprehensive checklist, giving the range, habitat and uses of over 500 species. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeScattered in tropical and subtropical regions from Africa through Arabia and Asia to India, Vietnam, Indonesia and Australia.

HabitatOn dry sandy soil, usually near the sea in Malaysia[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].