Cyperus subumbellatus

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Cyperus subumbellatus

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Cyperus subumbellatus

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(c) Robin Heymans, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Cyperus subumbellatus

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(c) Robin Heymans, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

What to Eat

Edible parts: Rhizome - flavouring, Rhizome, Root

The rhizome is eaten and used as a flavouring. The base of the culms is eaten after cooking.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows in open forest and seasonally wet areas.

Africa, Ghana, Guianas, Mascarenes, Sierra Leone, South America, Suriname, West Africa, West Indies,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Angola, Argentina, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Cameroon, Colombia, Cuba, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Grenada, French Guiana, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Comoros, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Trinidad & Tobago, Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay, St Vincent, Venezuela, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A tropical sedge found in open forests and seasonally wet areas. The rhizome and base of the culms are edible components of this plant.

References (1)

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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