Pycreus macrostachyos

(Lam.) J. Raynal

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Rhizomes, Root

The rhizomes are edible.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in Sub-saharan Africa in seasonally wet areas and in rocky pools.

Africa, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Sierra Leone, West Africa,

A robust annual sedge from tropical Sub-Saharan Africa, growing in seasonally wet areas and rocky pools.

There are about 70 Pycreus species.

Names & Synonyms

Colme, Conulin, Deb, Djadue-maude, Djardule, Endem, Gelet, San-hale, Tcheba

Cyperus macrostachyos Lam.Cyperus tremulus Poir.

References (2)

Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1. Kew.
Simpson, D. A. & Inglis, C. A., 2001, Cyperaceae of Economic, Ethnobotanical and Horticultural Importance: A checklist. Kew Bulletin Vol. 56, No. 2 (2001), p. 330