Cyperus koyaliensis

Cherm.

Cyperaceae

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Meise Botanic Garden

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The New York Botanical Garden

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

What to Eat

Edible parts: Pith

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Benin, Cameroon, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Guinée, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, West Africa,

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 tall papyrus like sedge plant.

Wikipedia

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Cyperus koyaliensis is a species of sedge found in Africa, having been registered in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and the Central African Republic. The species was first formally described by the botanist Henri Chermezon in 1936.

Names & Synonyms

Cyperus immanis Nelmes

References (2)

Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1. Kew.
Cherm., 1936, Arch. Bot. Mem. 7(3):7

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