Cyperus sexangularis

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Stem

Where to Find It

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in swamps, wet grasslands and along stream banks.

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 robust herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1.5 m tall. It does not have leaves at the base.

Wikipedia

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Cyperus sexangularis is a species of sedge that is native southern Africa, including Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, and the Northern Provinces and Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Names & Synonyms

Cyperus webbianus Steud.

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

What to Eat

Where to Find It

How to Identify

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