Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Cyperaceae > Cyperus > Cyperus rotundusCyperus rotundus (nutgrass)Synonyms: Chlorocyperus rotundus (homotypic); Chlorocyperus salaamensis; Cyperus agrestis (homotypic); Cyperus arabicus (homotypic); Cyperus badius inconspicuus; Cyperus badius var. inconspicuus; Cyperus bicolor (heterotypic); Cyperus bifax; Cyperus bulbosostolonifer (heterotypic); Cyperus bulbosostoloniferus; Cyperus comosus (heterotypic); Cyperus curvatus; Cyperus disruptus; Cyperus elongatus (heterotypic); Cyperus fenzelianus; Cyperus herbicavus; Cyperus hexastachyos (heterotypic); Cyperus hexastachyus; Cyperus hildra; Cyperus hydra (heterotypic); Cyperus inconspicuus (heterotypic); Cyperus laevissimus; Cyperus leptostachyus; Cyperus longus (heterotypic); Cyperus maritimus; Cyperus merkeri; Cyperus micreilema; Cyperus nubicus; Cyperus ochreoides; Cyperus odoratus; Cyperus officinalis (heterotypic); Cyperus oliganthus; Cyperus olivaris; Cyperus olivaris brevibracteatus; Cyperus olivaris var. brevibracteatus; Cyperus pallescens (heterotypic); Cyperus patulus (heterotypic); Cyperus platystachys; Cyperus procerulus; Cyperus proteinolepis (heterotypic); Cyperus pseudovariegatus; Cyperus purpureovariegatus; Cyperus radicosus; Cyperus retzii; Cyperus rotundus acutus; Cyperus rotundus amaliae; Cyperus rotundus brevibracteatus; Cyperus rotundus carinalis; Cyperus rotundus carinatus; Cyperus rotundus centiflorus; Cyperus rotundus comosus; Cyperus rotundus contractus; Cyperus rotundus depallescens; Cyperus rotundus disruptus; Cyperus rotundus divaricatus; Cyperus rotundus elongatus; Cyperus rotundus f. comosus; Cyperus rotundus f. contractus; Cyperus rotundus f. depallescens; Cyperus rotundus f. inconspicuus; Cyperus rotundus f. latifolius; Cyperus rotundus f. latimarginatus; Cyperus rotundus hydra; Cyperus rotundus inconspicuus; Cyperus rotundus latifolius; Cyperus rotundus latimarginatus; Cyperus rotundus macrostachyus; Cyperus rotundus major; Cyperus rotundus merkeri; Cyperus rotundus nubicus; Cyperus rotundus pallidus; Cyperus rotundus pendulus; Cyperus rotundus platystachys (homotypic); Cyperus rotundus procerula; Cyperus rotundus pseudotuberosus; Cyperus rotundus quimoyensis; Cyperus rotundus retzii; Cyperus rotundus rotundus; Cyperus rotundus salsolus; Cyperus rotundus spadiceus; Cyperus rotundus subcapitatus; Cyperus rotundus taylorii; Cyperus rotundus tetrastachyos; Cyperus rotundus tuberosus; Cyperus rotundus var. acutus; Cyperus rotundus var. amaliae; Cyperus rotundus var. brevibracteatus; Cyperus rotundus var. carinalis; Cyperus rotundus var. carinatus; Cyperus rotundus var. centiflorus; Cyperus rotundus var. comosus; Cyperus rotundus var. disruptus; Cyperus rotundus var. elongatus; Cyperus rotundus var. hydra; Cyperus rotundus var. inconspicuus; Cyperus rotundus var. macrostachyus; Cyperus rotundus var. major; Cyperus rotundus var. nubicus; Cyperus rotundus var. pallidus; Cyperus rotundus var. platystachys (homotypic); Cyperus rotundus var. procerula; Cyperus rotundus var. pseudesculentus; Cyperus rotundus var. quimoyensis; Cyperus rotundus var. rotundus; Cyperus rotundus var. salsolus; Cyperus rotundus var. spadiceus; Cyperus rotundus var. taylorii; Cyperus rotundus var. tetrastachyos; Cyperus rubicundus (heterotypic); Cyperus rudioi; Cyperus rudioi minor; Cyperus rudioi var. minor; Cyperus stolonifer var. pallidus; Cyperus stoloniferus var. pallidus; Cyperus taylorii; Cyperus tenuifolius (heterotypic); Cyperus tetrastachyos; Cyperus tuberosus (heterotypic); Cyperus viridis (heterotypic); Cyperus weinlandii; Cyperus yoshinagae; Pycreus rotundus (homotypic); Schoenus tuberosus | Edible [1] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Flower Type [1] | Hermaphrodite | | Leaf Type [2] | Evergreen | | Lifespan [1] | Perennial | | Scent [1] | The root, when dried, is very aromatic with a smell resembling that of sweet flag, Acorus calamus. | | Structure [2] | Grass | | Usage [1] | The leaves are used in basketry and for weaving hats, matting etc;
The aromatic root is used for perfumery in India; When dried and ground into a fine powder it is used like talcum powder; |  | | Height [1] | 24 inches (0.6 m) | | Width [1] | 39 inches (1 m) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 5Studies on the food and feeding habits of Gaur Bos gaurus H. Smith (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae) in two protected areas of Goa, Suman D. Gad & S.K. Shyama, Journal of Threatened Taxa | 1(2): 128-130 | February 2009 ♦ 6del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 7Lepus callotis, Troy L. Best and Travis Hill Henry, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 442, pp. 1-6 (1993) ♦ 8Sighting frequency and food habits of the leopard tortoise, Geochelone pardalis, in northern Tanzania, J. Kabigumila, Afr. J. Ecol., 39, 276-285 (2001) |
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