Cyperus esculentus(CYPES)
Overview Code created in: 2002-08-22
- EPPO Code: CYPES
- Preferred name: Cyperus esculentus
- Authority: Linnaeus
Mediterranean, Caucasus, Western Asia (Iraq to Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Africa (throughout), Madagascar; Canada (British Columbia, Maritime provinces), USA (practically throughout), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except south). A very widespread species, cultivated for its edible tubers. Introduced in Central and Eastern Europe, Indochina (Cambodia, Vietnam), Malesia (Java), China, New Guinea, Australia (New South Wales), New Zealand
Name | Authority |
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Chlorocyperus aureus | Palla |
Cyperus aureus | Tenore |
Cyperus esculentus var. esculentus | Linnaeus |
Cyperus esculentus var. heermannii | (Buckley) Britton |
Cyperus esculentus var. macrostachys | Böckeler |
Cyperus esculentus var. sativus | Böckeler |
Cyperus nervosus | Bertoloni |
Name | Language |
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chufa | English (US) |
earth almond | English (US) |
edible cyperus | English |
tiger nut | English |
watergrass | English |
yellow nutgrass | English (US) |
yellow nutsedge | English (US) |
Erdmandel | German |
Erdmandelgras | German |
eßbares Zypergras | German |
amande de terre | French |
souchet comestible | French |
souchet doré | French |
souchet sucré | French |
souchet sultan | French |
souchet tubéreux | French |
canchilla | Spanish |
chufa | Spanish |
chufa amarilla | Spanish (CO) |
chufa común | Spanish |
coquillo | Spanish (HN) |
cotufa | Spanish |
juncia avellanada | Spanish |
junquillo | Spanish (AR) |
bacicci | Italian |
bagigi | Italian |
cipero dolce | Italian |
dolcichini | Italian |
dolcichino | Italian |
mandorle di terra | Italian |
ulvia di padule | Italian |
zigolo dolce | Italian |
zizzola terrestri | Italian |
aard-amandel | Dutch |
knolcypergras | Dutch |
knolcyperus | Dutch |
chufa | Portuguese |
esquinho | Portuguese |
junça | Portuguese |
junça-de-comer | Portuguese |
junça-doce | Portuguese |
junça-mansa | Portuguese |
juncinha | Portuguese |
juncinha-avelanada | Portuguese |
junquinha-avelanada | Portuguese |
junquinha-mansa | Portuguese |
tiririca-amarela | Portuguese (BR) |
tiririca-mansa | Portuguese (BR) |
jordmandel | Swedish |
kihamasuge | Japanese |
shokuyôka-yatsuri | Japanese |
キハマスゲ | Japanese |
ショクヨウカヤツリ | Japanese |
сычь съедобная | Russian |
чуфа | Russian |
göcelebüken | Turkish |
madulapalka | Hungarian |
truskë | Albanian |
чуфа | Bulgarian |
xuflera | Catalan |
yóu suō cǎo | Chinese |
油莎草 | Chinese |
jajca | Croatian |
šáchor jedlý | Czech |
κίπρινι κύπερι | Greek |
κίπρινι κύπερι | Greek |
šachornik jedlý | Slovak |
užitna ostrica | Slovene |
смикавець їстивний | Ukrainian |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Commelinids (
1COMD )
Order
Poales (
1POAO )
Family
Cyperaceae (
1CYPF )
Subfamily
Cyperoideae (
1CYPS )
Genus
Cyperus (
1CYPG )
Species
Cyperus esculentus (
CYPES )