Cyperus digitatus subsp. auricomus

(Sieber ex Spreng.) Kuk

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Rhizome, Root

The small, fragrant rhizomes are edible.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Burkina Faso, 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 sedge (Cyperaceae) that is a tropical plant, notable for its small fragrant rhizomes.

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Cyperus digitatus, also known as finger flatsedge in the United States, and chang xiao sui suo cao in China, is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.

Names & Synonyms

Cyperus aureorufus BockelerCyperus auricomus Sieber ex Spreng.Papyrus auricomus (Sieber ex Spreng.) Schrad.and several others.

References (1)

Gallagher, D. E., 2010, Farming beyond the escarpment: Society, Environment, and Mobility in Precolonial Southeastern Burkina Faso. PhD University of Michigan.

What to Eat

Where to Find It

How to Identify

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