Code
KYLBU
Growth form
sedge
Biological cycle
vivacious
Habitat
terrestrial
synonym | Cyperus geminiflorus (Steud.) Wickens |
synonym | Cyperus purpureoglandulosus Mattf. & Kük. |
synonym | Cyperus richardii Steud. |
synonym | Cyperus richardii var. angustior (C.B.Clarke) Kük. |
synonym | Cyperus richardii var. oliganthus (Cherm.) Kük. |
synonym | Kyllinga geminiflora Steud. |
synonym | Kyllinga leucantha Boeckeler |
synonym | Kyllinga macrocephala A.Rich. |
synonym | Kyllinga macrocephala var. angustior C.B.Clarke |
synonym | Kyllinga macrocephala var. oligantha Cherm. |
synonym | Kyllinga monocephala Nees [Illegitimate] |
synonym | Kyllinga monocephala Nees, nom. illeg. |
synonym | Kyllinga nana Nees |
synonym | Kyllinga parvula C.B.Clarke ex Rendle |
synonym | Kyllinga pumila Steud. [Illegitimate] |
synonym | Kyllinga pumila Steud., nom. illeg. |
synonym | Kyllinga schimperi Hochst. ex Engl. [Invalid] |
synonym | Kyllinga schimperi Hochst. ex Engl., pro syn. |
synonym | Kyllinga sphaerocephala Boeckeler |
Créole Maurice |
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Créole Seychelles |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Mayotte: Kyllinga bulbosa flowers and fruits all year round.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Species | Biological cycle | Underground system | Position of bracts | Bracts Number Size |
Number of glomerules | Couleur of glomerules | Spikelets Size | Glume Keel |
Kyllinga brevifolia | vivacious | Thin and slender rhizomes Base not bulbose |
Spread | 2-4 < 10 cm |
1 (-3) | Green | L 3-3,5 mm | white with green keel, scabrous towards the apex |
Kyllinga bulbosa | Thin and slender rhizomes Base bulbose |
3-4 10-15 cm |
1-3 | White | L 2,5-3 mm | |||
Kyllinga erecta | Thick and short rhizomes | spread to reflected | 5-8 upto 25 cm |
1 | Pale green | L 3-3,5 mm | spinulate mucronate |
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Kyllinga pumila | annual | No or very short rhizome | spread | 3-4 One much longer |
1-3 | L < 2,5 mm | scabrous denticulate |
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Kyllinga squamulata | 3-4 | 1(-3) | Green or dark brown | L 2,7-4 mm | winged, lobed tough |
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Kyllinga tenuifolia | 3-4 | Whitish | L 3 mm | glume top with mucro keel smooth |
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Kyllinga odorata | reflected | 3-5 | 1-3 | Whitish green | L < 2,5 mm | smooth |
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Kyllinga bulbosa can be easily confused with K. erecta Schumach.
- K. bulbosa is characterized by a thickened tuberous axis base, the presence of long, small rhizomes, the spikelets have 3 to 5 flowers.
- K. erecta is characterized by large short rhizomes and dense stems. Spikelets have 1 to 2 flowers.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Comoros: Kyllinga bulbosa is absent.
Madagascar: K. bulbosa is present locally on the highlands.
Mauritius: Plant common in high and humid regions of the island
Mayotte: K. bulbosa is a weed present in fruit and ylang-tree crops in the rainy and intermediate zones of the north and center of the island.
Reunion: Species of wetlands, mainly develops on the east coast of the island and at altitude
Seychelles: Species present in vegetable crops.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Origin
Kyllinga bulbosa is native to tropical Africa, India and tropical Asia.
Worldwide distribution
This species has been introduced to the east coast of Australia and to the islands of the Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion).
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Local harmfulness
Comoros: Kyllinga bulbosa is absent.
Madagascar: K. bulbosa is a weed still uncommon.
Mauritius: Weed harmful to sugar cane when it is well established in the plots.
Mayotte: K. bulbosa is an infrequent weed, present in 7% of cultivated plots and more particularly in fruit and ylang trees.
Reunion: A weed of pastures and orchards or vanilla plantation with live coverage of the East Coast.
Seychelles: weed of vegetable crops, especially present in late cycle. Slightly troublesome.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Medicinal: Kyllinga bulbosa root powder has anti-arthritic activity. The whole plant has anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic properties.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Kyllinga%2520bulbosa
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Liliopsida |
Order | Poales |
Family | Cyperaceae |
Genus | Kyllinga |
Species | Kyllinga bulbosa P.Beauv. |