Nut grass
Cyperus rotundus
Also known as Purple flat sedge
About Nut grass
Cyperus rotundus (coco-grass, Java grass, nut grass, purple nut sedge or purple nutsedge, red nut sedge, Khmer kravanh chruk) is a species of sedge (Cyperaceae) native to Africa, southern and central Europe (north to France and Austria), and southern Asia. The word cyperus derives from the Greek κύπερος, kyperos, and rotundus is from Latin, meaning "round". The earliest attested form of the word cyperus is the Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀞𐀫, ku-pa-ro, written in Linear B syllabic script.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cyperus rotundus
- Genus
- Cyperus
- Family
- CYPERACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Plains
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Hindi
- बड़ा नागर मोथा Bara-nagar-motha, कोरेही झाड़ Korehi-jhar, मोथा Motha
- Nepali
- मोथे Mothe, नगर मोथे Nagar Mothe, कसुर Kasur
- Bengali
- মুথা, একধরনের বহু বর্ষজীবী ঘাস জাতীয় উদ্ভিদ
- Tamil
- korai, korai kilangu, muthakasu
- Telugu
- bhadra-tunga-muste, bhadramuste, తుంగ గడ్డి
- Kannada
- abdahullu, ಕೊಡನಾರಿ Kodanaari, ಕೊನ್ನಾರಿ Konnaari
- Malayalam
- karimuttan, kora-kizanna, muttanna
- Marathi
- बारीक मोथा Barik motha, Bimbal, नागरमोथा
Cyperaceae
Sedge family
Nut grass belongs to the Cyperaceae family.
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