Cyperus capensis

(Steud.) Endl.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Root

The roots are eaten as a vegetable.

Where to Find It

It is a subtropical plant. It grows on grassy slopes.

Africa, 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 herb that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 20-60 cm tall. It has a narrow oval bulb like root. The flowers are in a spike like head. These are green.

Wikipedia

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Cyperus capensis is a species of sedge that is native to South Africa, Mozambique, and Eswatini in southern Africa.

Names & Synonyms

Kyllinga capensis Steud.Mariscus capensis (Steud.) Schrad.and others

References (2)

Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 51
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

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