Cyperaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Cyperus hemisphaericus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cyperus hemisphaericus is a robust, grass-like perennial plant with a short creeping rhizome; it forms a tuft of culms, growing up to 130cm tall[ 610 Title Flora of Tropical East Africa Publication Author Beentje H.J. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2002 ISBN Description Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food. Cyperus hemisphaericus has a wide distribution and common habitat. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2010)[ 610 Title Flora of Tropical East Africa Publication Author Beentje H.J. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2002 ISBN Description Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEastern Africa - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar

HabitatIn open grassland, Brachystegia woodland, wooded grassland; at elevations from sea-level to 1,850 metres[ 610 Title Flora of Tropical East Africa Publication Author Beentje H.J. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2002 ISBN Description Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa. ]. Seasonally wet grasslands and savannahs[ 991 Title Cyperaceae of Economic, Ethnobotanical and Horticultural Importance: A Checklist Publication Kew Bulletin Vol. 56 No. 2, pp 257 - 360 Author Simpson D.A.; Inglis C.A. Publisher The Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew, London Year 2001 ISBN 1-84246-038-2 Description An excellent and very comprehensive checklist, giving the range, habitat and uses of over 500 species. ]