Cyperus victoriensis

C. B. Clarke

Bush onion, Yelka

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Tuber, Rhizome, Root

The tubers formed on the rhizome are cooked as a vegetable.

Where to Find It

A tropical plant. It grows on flood plains and near rivers. It is on open grasslands on clay.

Australia*,

Countries: Australia

How to Identify

A sedge. These grow in clumps and have grass like leaves and solid stalks. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 60 cm high.

How to Grow

It can be grown using seed.

Medicinal Uses

It is used as a famine food.

Wikipedia

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Cyperus victoriensis, also known as channel nut grass is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to all the states and territories of mainland Australia.

Other Information

It is a famine food.

Notes

There are 550 Cyperus species.

References (6)

Cherikoff V. & Isaacs, J., The Bush Food Handbook. How to gather, grow, process and cook Australian Wild Foods. Ti Tree Press, Australia p 189
Hunter, J. T. & Sheringham, P., 2006, Vegetation and Floristics of Melville Range Nature Reserve. A Report to the New South Wales Parks and Wildlife Service. p 165
Lazarides, M. & Hince, B., 1993, Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia, CSIRO. p 75
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R., 2000, The Western Australian Flora. A Descriptive Calatogue. Western Australian Herbarium. p 46
Romanowski, N., 2007, Edible Water Gardens. Hyland House. p 56
Simpson, D. A. & Inglis, C. A., 2001, Cyperaceae of Economic, Ethnobotanical and Horticultural Importance: A checklist. Kew Bulletin Vol. 56, No. 2 (2001), pp. 257-360