Cyperus flabelliformis

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Ash - salt

The ash produced from dried and burnt plant material is used as a salt for cooking other plants.

It is a subtropical plant.

Africa, Madagascar, Malawi, Southern Africa,

A perennial sedge found in subtropical regions. The plant is dried and burnt to produce ash used as a culinary salt.

Either Cyperus tenuis Sw. if authority is (Kunth) Spreng. or Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kuk if authority is Rottb..

Names & Synonyms

Seraserabe

References (2)

Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 179 (As Cyperus flabelliformis)
Plowes, N. J. & Taylor, F. W., 1997, The Processing of Indigenous Fruits and other Wildfoods of Southern Africa. in Smartt, L. & Haq. (Eds) Domestication, Production and Utilization of New Crops. ICUC p 189 (As Cyperus flabelliformis)