Cyperus indecorus

Kunth

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Bulb

Where to Find It

It is a subtropical plant.

Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Southern 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 sedge.

Nutrition

Part	Moisture	kJ	kcal	Protein	Vit A	Vit C	Iron	Zinc
Bulb	62.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Wikipedia

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Cyperus indecorus is a species of sedge that is native Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa, and Namibia in southern Africa. The species was first formally described by the botanist Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1837.

Names & Synonyms

Cyperus luzuliformis BoeckelerMariscus indecorus (Kunth) PodlechMariscus luzuliformis (Boeckeler) C. B. Clarke

References (3)

Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 51
Wehmeyer, A. S, 1986, Edible Wild Plants of Southern Africa. Data on the Nutrient Contents of over 300 species
Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179

What to Eat

Where to Find It

How to Identify

Nutrition

Wikipedia

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