Plant Category | : | Herbs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 535 |
Synonym | : | Chlorocyperus rotundus (L.) Palla;
Chorocyperus salaamensis Palla;
Cyperus agresti Willd. ex Spreng. & Link;
Cyperus arabicus Ehrenb. ex Boeck.;
Cyperus bicolor Vahl;
Cyperus bifax C.B.Clarke;
Cyperus bulbosotoloniferus Mig.;
Cyperus comosus Sm.;
Cyperus disruptus C.B.Clarke;
Cyperus herbicavus Melliss;
Cyperus hexastachyos Rottb.;
Cyperus hildra Poir.;
Cyperus hydra Michx.;
Cyperus laevissimus Steud.;
Cyperus leptostachyus Griff.;
Cyperus merkeri C.B.Clarke;
Cyperus micreilema Steud.;
Cyperus nubicus C.B.Clarke;
Cyperus ochreoides Steud.;
Cyperus oliganthus Gand.;
Cyperus olivaris O.Targ.Tozz.;
Cyperus platystachys Cherm.;
Cyperus procerulus Nees;
Cyperus pseudovariegatus Boeck.;
Cyperus purpureovariegatus Boeck.;
Cyperus radicosus Sm.;
Cyperus rudioi Boeckeler;
Cyperus taylorii C.B.Clarke;
Cyperus tetrastachyos Desf.;
Cyperus tuberosus Rottb.;
Cyperus weinlandii Kuk.;
Cyperus yoshinagae Ohwi;
Pycreus rotundus (L.) Hayek;
Schoenus tuberosus Burm.f.; |
Plant Common Name | : | Nagarmotha, coco-grass, Java grass, nut grass, purple nut sedge or purple nutsedge, red nut sedge, Khmer kravanh chruk, Keyabon, Bara-nagar-motha, Korehi-jhar, Motha, abdahullu, koranari-gadde, karimuttan, kora-kizanna, muttanna, Shembang kouthum, Barik motha, Bimbal, mutha, abhrabheda, ambhodhara, ambuda, korai, korai kilangu, muthakasu, bhadra-tunga-muste, bhadramuste, sad kufi, habu-ul-zillam, nagarmotha |
Plant Family | : | Cyperaceae |
Description | : | a highly variable perennial sedge. Flowering stems are erect, up to 60 cm tall, 3-sided, smooth with swollen bases (basal bulbs). The leaves have a distinct midrib, are linear, usually shorter than the flowering stem, up to 7 mm wide and emerge from a sheath around the shoot base. The inflorescence is a terminal, open umbel subtended by several leafy bracts. Several unequal rays, 2-6 cm long, support 3-8 reddish-brown to purplish-brown, flattened spikelets, 1-2 cm long and 2 mm wide, each with up to 30 glumes, 3.5-4 mm long. Roots are fibrous. Rhizomes are wiry, dark and persistent, connecting a network of daughter shoots and tubers. The tubers are dark brown to black, irregularly shaped and 1-2 cm long when fully grown. Each tuber has an apical bud and several lateral buds. The fruit (often, but erroneously, known as the seed) is a 3-angled achene, 1.5 mm long, dark brown or black. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Stomach problems, treating fevers, digestive system disorders, dysmenorrhea and other maladies. anti-microbial, anti-malarial, anti-oxidant, and anti-diabetic; |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: alpha-cyperone; beta-selinene; cyperene; patchoulenone; sugeonol; kobusone; isokobusone; rotundone; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
Plant's Current Status | : | Common |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Common%20Nut%20Sedge.html
- https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/17506 |
Reference | : | ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID : ~ Abeynayake Pemadasa, Jansz Manori, Rajoria Kshpira and Singh Sarvesh Kumar; "Role of Rajayapana basti with reference to Duchenne muscular Dystrophy: A review"; Int. J. Res. Ayurveda Pharm. (2016); 7(4): 7-10 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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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 rotundus L. |