Cyperus corymbosus Rottb.
MH467 : Cyperus corymbosus Rottb.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Cyperus bengalensis Spreng.;
Cyperus corymbosus var. brevispiculosus Kuntze;
Cyperus corymbosus var. damarensis Kük.;
Cyperus corymbosus var. longispiculatus (Kuntze) Kük.;
Cyperus corymbosus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler;
Cyperus corymbosus var. pangorei C.B.Clarke;
Cyperus diphyllus Retz.;
Cyperus diphyllus var. elatior Benth.;
Cyperus diphyllus var. triangularis Boeckeler;
Cyperus enodis Boeckeler;
Cyperus enodis var. longispiculatus Kuntze;
Cyperus gula-metthi Schult.;
Cyperus koenigii Vahl;
Cyperus longus var. pallescens (Desf.) Coss. & Durand;
Cyperus nudus Roxb., nom. illeg.;
Cyperus pallescens Desf.;
Cyperus roestelii Kunth;
Cyperus seminudus Roxb.;
Cyperus tegetiformis Roxb. ex Arn.;
Cyperus tenuicomus Miq.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Cyperaceae |
| Description | : | Perennial, 80-120 cm. Rhizome horizontal, 4-5 mm diam., woody. Stem 3-5 mm diam., trigonous above, smooth. Leaves reduced; sheaths to 30 cm, greyish green or brownish, often with reddish tint, mouth margin oblique; blades occasionally to 80 mm, 4 mm wide, rigid, smooth or slightly scabrous. Inflorescence a conical compound anthelodium, 10-20 cm; bracts 3-5 foliose, shorter than inflorescence, up to 16 cm and up to 6 mm wide, flat or margins slightly recurved, margins and keel scabrous, apex smooth or slightly scabrous, rather obtuse; primary branches 5-12, up to 130 mm; tubular prophyll up to 20 mm; secondary anthelodia to 80 mm, bracts up to 12 mm, c. as long as secondary tubular prophyll, secondary branches up to 45 mm, tertiary anthelodia occasional, tertiary branches 1-3, to 15 mm; cluster of spikes up to 20 x 30 mm, with 5-15 spikes, spikes reflexed; spikes 5-25 x c. 1 mm, with 8-22 glumes, fusiform, terete, glume-like bract c. 1.5 mm, glume-like prophyll c. 1.5 mm, with spongy basis; rachis quadrangular, c. 0.2 mm wide, internodes c. 0.8 mm, winged; glumes 2-2.5 mm, loosely imbricating, cymbiform, straw coloured to reddish brown, mid-nerve not pronounced, mucronate, apex rounded, margins widely scarious. Anthers c.1 mm. Nuts not seen. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Along banks of streams |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book 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 corymbosus Rottb. |