| Cyperus esculentus L., it is a tuberous geophyte perennial 50-100 cm tall. stolons to 15 cm long, 5-15 mm, covered with brown scales and ending in a blackish tuber 3-8 mm, culms 10-74 cm long, 1,5-4,5 mm , trigonous or triquetrous. leaf sheaths pale brownish-green to green, 2-9 cm long. blades linear, flat, 11-29 cm long, 2-8 mm wide, apex acuminate. Inflorescence simple or compound, primary branches 5-10, 1-18 cm long; spikelets golden or rust in loose clusters, sessile, 9-20 per cluster, linear, 5-16 mm long. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Apr-Dec, Vern: Hab Azeez, Phytochoria: Cosm, The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics to N. America. Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:300668-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/300668-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000372964, https://www.gbif.org/species/2716226, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/156702/cyperus-esculentus-l, https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.17496, https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cyperus+esculentus, https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=3016, https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/cyperus-esculentus/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyperus_esculentus |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Ghat area |
| Reported from Tajura, Tripoli by Durand & Barratte and Keith | Reported from Ghat by Durand & Barratte, Corti and Keith |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Cyperaceae Vol. (120) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
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