
Cyperaceae FAMILY Least Concern
Cyperus margaritaceus
Cyperus margaritaceus
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitPerennial
Growth—
Not known
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cyperus+margaritaceus>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]African Flowering Plants Database — Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. · http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php ↩︎Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
- [2]Flora of Tropical East Africa — Beentje H.J. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 2002 · http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 ↩︎Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa.
- [3]Cyperaceae of Economic, Ethnobotanical and Horticultural Importance: A Checklist — Simpson D.A.; Inglis C.A. · The Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew, London · 2001 · ISBN 1-84246-038-2 ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive checklist, giving the range, habitat and uses of over 500 species.
- [4]Edible Native Plants of the Rocky Mountains. — Harrington. H. D. · University of New Mexico Press · 1967 · ISBN 0-8623-0343-9 ↩︎A superb book. Very readable, it gives the results of the authors experiments with native edible plants.