Cyperus alulatus
Cyperus alulatus
Cyperus alulatus
MH308 : Cyperus alulatus J. Kern
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 530 |
| Synonym | : | Cyperus rectangularis (Kük.) Bennet.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Cyperaceae |
| Description | : | Annual, 12-40 cm. Roots numerous, glabrous. Stem 1-2.5 mm diam., sharply trigonous, smooth. Leaves shorter than to equalling stem length, rather rigid; sheaths 25-45 mm, yellowish or grey, wide, mouth margin deeply concave; blades up to 15 cm, 3 mm wide, flat or slightly keeled, with brown dots and stripes, margins smooth, apex acute, scabrous. Inflorescence a simple or compound anthelodium, 4-17 cm, primary branches 6-10, up to 13 cm, secondary anthelodium to 35 mm, tubular prophyll loosely sheathing, to 15 mm; lowest 4-6 bracts foliose, to more than 20 cm. Cluster of 6-16 spikes in loose spirals; spikes 4.3-10.8 x 2-2.5 mm, spreading at almost right angles, glume-like bract 1-1.5 mm, glume-like prophyll c. 1 mm, blunt, bi-nerved; rachis 4-angled, compressed, reddish brown, internodes c. 1.5 mm; glumes 1.5-2 mm, cymbiform, keel scabrous or smooth, sides prominently nerved, margins widely leathery, hard, brown. Stamens 2, anthers c. 1 mm; stigmas 3. Nut c. 1.5 x 0.8 mm, plano-convex, sharply triangular, from brown to dark-brown, finely reticulate, with papilla in each areole. Fl. & Fr.: September. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | endemic |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242101107
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/243540
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25769783 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Commelinidae |
| Order | : Cyperales |
| Family | : Cyperaceae - Sedge family |
| Genus | : Cyperus L. - flatsedge |
| Species | : Cyperus alulatus |