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Cyperus
digitatus Roxb.
Synonym
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Cyperus
brachystachys
Nees ex Boeckeler
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Family
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Cyperaceae
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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December-August
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Distribution
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Pantropical
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Distribution
in Kerala
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Alappuzha,
Idukki,Thiruvananthapuram,Malappuram, Kollam, Thrissur
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Habitat
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Marshy
fields
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IUCN
status
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Least
concerned
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Uses
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It is used
to treat coughs. In Sudan and Nigeria a special form of C. digitatus is used
to prepare a perfume.
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Key
botanical Charcters
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Erect, tufted, shortly, rhizomatousperennials; culms 30-65 cm tall,
triquetrous above, trigonous below. Leaves basal, 15-45 x0.5-1 cm, linear,
acute, flat, scabrid on margins; sheaths upto 20 cm long, purple
coloured.Inflorescence compound or decompound; leafy bracts 4-8, the longer
ones upto 45 cm long;primary rays 4 to 10, unequal. Spikelets 6-10 x 1-1.5
mm, linear, weakly flattened, straw-coloured. Glumes 1.5-2 mm long, narrowly
elliptic, keeled on back, pale straw-coloured.Stamens 3. Stigmas 3. Nut c. 1
x 0.5 mm, oblong-elliptic, trigonous, apiculate, greyish-brown, minutely
puncticulate.
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