Cyperus amauropus — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Bulb

The bulb-like base of the stalk is eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows in grassland savannah and in shallow soils over rocks.

Africa, East Africa, Kenya, Somalia,

Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A sedge. It has a short rhizome and sometimes 1-5 cm long stolons. The stems are 15-60 cm long by 1-2 mm wide. They are triangle shaped. The leaves are 25 cm long and 1-4 mm wide.

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Cyperus amauropus is a species of sedge that is native to eastern parts of Africa and the Arabian peninsula. The species was first formally described by the botanist Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel in 1854.

Names & Synonyms

Mariscus amauropus (Steud.) Cufodand several others

References (2)

Mutie, F. M., et al, 2023, Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches. Plants 2023, 12, 1145
Simpson, D. A. & Inglis, C. A., 2001, Cyperaceae of Economic, Ethnobotanical and Horticultural Importance: A checklist. Kew Bulletin Vol. 56, No. 2 (2001), pp. 257-360

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