Cyperus hortensis

(Salzm. ex Steud.) Dorr

CyperaceaeRoots

Cyperus hortensis

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Cyperus hortensis

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Root ?, Bulb ?

The roots and bulbs are potentially edible.

Where to Find It

It is a subtropical plant.

Africa, Amazon, Angola, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Caribbean, Central African Republic, CAR, Chad, Colombia, Congo DR, Congo R, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North America, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, Tinidad-Togabo, Uganda, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Angola, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Brazil, Bahamas, Botswana, Belize, Canada, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Grenada, French Guiana, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Comoros, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, El Salvador, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Trinidad & Tobago, Tanzania, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, St Vincent, Venezuela, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A sedge in the Cyperaceae family found in subtropical climates.

Names & Synonyms

Cyperus densicaespitosusKyllinga pumila Michx.and several others

References (2)

Kew Plants of the World Online
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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