Cyperus renschii
Boeckeler
Cyperaceae
Cyperus hylaeus Ridl.
Cyperus ochrocarpus K.Schum.
Cyperus sylvicola Ridl.
Common Name:
General Information
Cyperus renschii is a robust, perennial, grass-like plant growing from a thick, woody rhizome; it produces tufts of culms around 70 - 80cm tall with leabes that can be up to 140cm long[
610- Title
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Publication
-
- Author
- Beentje H.J.
- Website
- http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 2002
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa.
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.
Cyperus renschii has a wide distribution and a common habitat. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2010)[
610- Title
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Publication
-
- Author
- Beentje H.J.
- Website
- http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 2002
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa.
].
Known Hazards
The leaves have a very sharp cutting edge and keel[
328- Title
- African Flowering Plants Database
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
- Publisher
- Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
].
Botanical References
610- Title
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Publication
-
- Author
- Beentje H.J.
- Website
- http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 2002
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa.
Range
Tropical Africa - Guinea to Nigeria, Central African Republic and southern Sudan, south to Angola, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Tanzania
Habitat
In forests, forest swamps, along forest streams, occasionally in grassland or along roadsides; at elevations from near sea level to around 2,300 metres[
610- Title
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Publication
-
- Author
- Beentje H.J.
- Website
- http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 2002
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa.
].
Properties
| Conservation Status | Least Concern |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Habit | Perennial |
| Height | 0.80 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
Sap expressed from the leaf and rhizome is combined with the frond of Cyclosorus gongylodes (Schkukr) Link and takin in the treatment of cardiac hyrocele (cardiac oedema)[
332- Title
- The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Burkil. H. M.
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 1985 - 2004
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
].
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
