Cyperus nutans Vahl
MH469 : Cyperus nutans Vahl
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Cyperus jacquini Schrad.;
Chlorocyperus jacquini (Schrad.); |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Cyperaceae |
| Description | : | Perennial, 40-80 cm. Rhizome short, with tillers. Stem 2-6 cm diam., trigonous, smooth. Leaves shorter than stem; sheaths up to c. 15 cm, pale green or yellowish brown, soft, mouth margin straight or slightly ligulate; blades to 30 cm or more, 4-9 mm wide, grey-green, scabrous. Inflorescence an anthelodium, 8-30 cm; lowermost bracts foliose, to more than 30 cm; primary branches 5-9, to more than 20 cm, secondary anthelodia 15-75 mm; tertiary anthelodia occasional, up to 35 mm; cluster of spikes sessile or pedunculate, 15-30 mm, with 8-24 spirally arranged spikes. Spike 5-15 x c. 3 mm, with c. 10 glumes; glume-like bract c. 1.5 mm, acute, glume-like prophyll bi-nerved, c. 1 mm; rachis flat, reddish brown, internodes c. 1 mm, winged; glumes 2.2-2.5 mm, cymbiform, acute with green mid-nerve ending into mucro up to 0.3 mm, sides with 3-4 prominent, reddish-brown nerves. Nut 1.3-1.5 x c. 0.7 mm, ovoid, trigonous, brown, densely and finely papillose. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | near river bank, pools, streams |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Red List Category - Least Concern |
| 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 nutans Vahl |