Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cyperus esculentus L. [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!han	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
!hanni	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
afyo	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
amande de terre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bhadramusta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cebollin	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cebollín	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chichada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chichoda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chichodaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chimbwe-chimbwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
choufa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chufa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chufa de valencia	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
chufa flatsedge	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chufa nut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chufa salvaje	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
chuffa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cicada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cicoda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
earth almond	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
earth-almond	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
edible galingale	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
erdmandel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
geeluintjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
geeluitjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gireumgol	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hab-ul-zillam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
habb-ol-zalam	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
hoenderuintjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hoenderuitjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hub-ul-zalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hub-ul-zillam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indawo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
inqoba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
insikane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jabuong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jordmandel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
juncia avellanada	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
junça	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
kalimuttanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaothum	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
kaseru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaseruka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshudramusta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musta	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musthe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muttanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagaramustakah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nela baadaami hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nela badami hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelabaadami hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nut grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
okatjako	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
patrysuitjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pfende	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rush nut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rush or zulu nut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rush-nut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
s3id	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
sedge	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sotke	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
souchet comestible	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
souchet sultan	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sugandhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sukanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sukareshta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thunga masthe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiger nut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tiger-nut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tigernut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tiririca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tiririca-amarela	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tiririca-mansa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tulillo	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
uintjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
water grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
water-grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yellow nut grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yellow nut sedge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yellow nut sedge tuber	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
yellow nut-grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yellow nutgrass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yellow nutsedge	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
zulu nut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
حبّ الزلم	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
‫حب العزيز‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Tuber		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Seed		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
roots	dry roots	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
	juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tuber		Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
tuber		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Dried rhizome, Entire plant, Stem and rhizome		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 48 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 290 (1870).
Cyperus gracilescens Schult. Mant. 2: 100 (1824).
Chlorocyperus aureus (K.Richt.) Palla ex Kneuck. Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 69 (1903).
Chlorocyperus phymatodes (Muhl.) Palla Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 69 (1903).
Cyperus aureus Ten. Fl. Napol. 3: 45 (1824), nom. illeg.
Cyperus aureus subsp. esculentus (L.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 759 (1882), nom. superfl.
Cyperus bahiensis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 35 (1854).
Cyperus buchananii Boeckeler Beitr. Cyper. 1: 4 (1888).
Cyperus bulamensis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 19 (1854).
Cyperus chrysostachys Boeckeler Flora 42: 438 bis (1859).
Cyperus damiettensis A.Dietr. Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 2: 269 (1833).
Cyperus esculentus var. angustispicatus Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 211 (1886).
Cyperus esculentus f. angustispicatus (Britton) Fernald Rhodora 44: 151 (1942).
Cyperus esculentus subsp. aureus K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 135 (1890).
Cyperus esculentus proles aureus (K.Richt.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 127 (1935).
Cyperus esculentus var. cyclolepis Boeckeler ex Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 119 (1935).
Cyperus esculentus f. evolutus C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 180 (1884).
Cyperus esculentus var. heermannii (Buckley) Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 214 (1886).
Cyperus esculentus var. helodes (Schrad. ex Nees) C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 181 (1884).
Cyperus esculentus var. lutescens (Torr. & Hook.) Kük. ex Osten Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, ser. 2, 3: 146 (1931).
Cyperus esculentus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 291 (1870).
Cyperus esculentus f. macrostachyus (Boeckeler) Fernald Rhodora 44: 151 (1942).
Cyperus esculentus var. phymatodes (Muhl.) Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 185 (1926).
Cyperus esculentus f. princeps C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 179 (1884).
Cyperus esculentus var. sativus Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 290 (1870).
Cyperus esculentus proles sativus (Boeckeler) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 127 (1935).
Cyperus esculentus var. sprucei C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 181 (1884).
Cyperus fulvescens Liebm. Mexic. Halvgr.: 210 (1850).
Cyperus gracilis Link Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 84 (1820), nom. illeg.
Cyperus heermannii Buckley Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 15: 10 (1863 publ. 1864).
Cyperus helodes Schrad. ex Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 37 (1842).
Cyperus hydra Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 205 (1816), nom. illeg.
Cyperus lutescens Torr. & Hook. Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 433 (1836).
Cyperus melanorhizus Delile Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 50 (1813).
Cyperus nervosus Bertol. Opusc. Sci. 3: 407 (1819).
Cyperus officinalis T.Nees Pl. Med., Abbild.: t. 25, f. B (1830).
Cyperus pallidus Savi Cat. Piant. Egiz.: 23, 31, nom. illeg.
Cyperus phymatodes Muhl. Descr. Gram.: 23 (1817).
Cyperus phymatodes var. heermannii (Buckley) S.Watson in S.Watson & al., Bot. California 2: 215 (1880).
Cyperus repens Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 68 (1816).
Cyperus ruficomus Buckley Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 15: 9 (1863 publ. 1864).
Cyperus sieberianus Link Hort. Berol. 1: 313 (1827), nom. illeg.
Cyperus tenoreanus Schult. & Schult.f. Mant. 3(Add. 1): 544 (1827).
Cyperus tenorei C.Presl Fl. Sicul.: xliii (1826).
Cyperus tuberosus Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 52 (1813), nom. illeg.
Cyperus variabilis Salzm. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 46 (1854).
Pterocyperus esculentus (L.) Opiz Seznam: 80 (1852).
Pycreus esculentus (L.) Hayek Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(3): 147 (1932).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cyperus esculentus	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Cyperus esculentus L	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
Cyperus esculentus L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cyperus esculentus Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus Boeck.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Cyperus gracilescens Roem. & Schult.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

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