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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH468 : Cyperus haspan L.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Cyperales
Family : Cyperaceae - Sedge family
Genus : Cyperus L. - flatsedge
Species : Cyperus haspan L. - haspan flatsedge
Plant Location in Melghat :  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Cyperaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Sheathed flatsedge
 
Synonym : Cyperus adenophorus Schrad. ex Nees
Cyperus adenophorus var. aphyllus Boeckeler
Cyperus americanus (Boeckeler) Palla, nom. illeg.
Cyperus aphyllus Vahl
Cyperus autumnalis Vahl
Cyperus caespitosus Llanos, nom. illeg.
Cyperus cancellatus Ridl.
Cyperus cayennensis Link
Cyperus efoliatus Boeckeler
Cyperus gracilis Muhl., nom. illeg.
Cyperus gramineus Roem. & Schult.
Cyperus graminifolius Poir.
Cyperus haspan f. coarctatus (Nees) Osten
Cyperus haspan f. major C.B.Clarke
Cyperus haspan subsp. juncoides (Lam.) Kük.
Cyperus haspan var. adenophorus (Schrad. ex Nees) Kük.
Cyperus haspan var. americanus Boeckeler
Cyperus haspan var. amplissimus Kük.
Cyperus haspan var. bulboides Kük.
Cyperus haspan var. cancellatus (Ridl.) Kük.
Cyperus haspan var. dietrichiae Domin
Cyperus haspan var. firmicaulis Kük.
Cyperus haspan var. flaccidissimus Kük.
Cyperus haspan var. riparius Kük.
Cyperus haspan var. tuberiferus T.Koyama
Cyperus hyemalis Pursh ex C.B.Clarke
Cyperus junceus Link
Cyperus juncoides Lam.
Cyperus laticulmis Spreng.
Cyperus leptos Schult.
Cyperus microcarpus Boeckeler
Cyperus muehlenbergii Spreng.
Cyperus nudus Kunth
Cyperus nudus var. firmior J.Presl & C.Presl
Cyperus nudus var. flaccidior J.Presl & C.Presl
Cyperus pedatus Nees
Cyperus phaeorhizus K.Schum.
Cyperus phaeorhizus var. princeae (C.B.Clarke) Kük.
Cyperus planiculmis Steud.
Cyperus platyculmis R.Br.
Cyperus princeae C.B.Clarke
Cyperus riparius Schrad. ex Nees, nom. illeg.
Cyperus stellatus Link, nom. illeg.
Cyperus triqueter Boeckeler
Cyperus tunicatus Schult.
Cyperus vaginatus Link, nom. illeg.
Scirpus autumnalis Rottb., nom. illeg.
Description : Annual or perennial, 15-40 cm. Roots fibrous, reddish. Rhizome short, horizontal or ascending, with short internodes. Stem 1-2 mm diam., sharply trigonous, sides concave, smooth. Leaves c. half of stem length; sheaths up to 10 cm, usually distinctly reddish, soft, mouth oblique or, in leaves with blades, nearly straight; ligule 0; blades few, up to c. 15 cm, 2-3 mm wide, flat or channelled, margins and keel smooth, apex acute, slightly scabrous. Inflorescence a compound anthelodium, up to 90 mm; 1-2 bracts foliose, up to 70 mm, shorter than inflorescence; primary branches 7-12, up to 70 mm; secondary anthelodia 5-20 mm long, bracts glume-like; cluster of spikes 5-10 mm, formed by (1-)3-8 sessile spikes; spikes 3-12 x c. 1 mm, with 8-35 glumes; glume-like bract c. 1 mm, glume-like prophyll clasping, rounded, bi-nerved, sterile, c. 0.8; rachis c. 0.5 mm wide, tetrangular, reddish brown, internodes c. 1 mm, not clearly winged; glumes 1.3-1.6 mm, cymbiform, acute, slightly keeled near slightly recurved and barbed apex, sides brown or reddish-brown, obscurely bi-nerved, glossy, margins narrowly scarious. Stamens 3. Nut 1-1.4 x 0.8-1 mm, obovoid or ellipsoid, trigonous, white-reticulate or white-papillose. Fl. Per.: July - November.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Smoke from the pith of the plant is used as a febrifuge. A decoction of the plant is used internally against shingles.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals :
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 :