Kyllinga bulbosa
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- August-December
How to identify Kyllinga bulbosa
Identify Kyllinga bulbosa by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Small underground bulb-like base.
- Confirm flower colour: White/pale green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Cyperaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kyllinga bulbosa.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Kyllinga bulbosa
- Genus
- Kyllinga
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Marshy areas
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- Paleotropics
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Punjab, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Goa, Puducherry, Nagaland, Chandigarh, Haryana, Ladakh, Mizoram, Daman & Diu, Manipur
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Cyperaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- White/pale greenrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kyllinga bulbosa itself; the rest are typical of the Cyperaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Telugu
- సైపరస్
About Kyllinga bulbosa
Kyllinga bulbosa belongs to the Cyperaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand and 31 other states. It grows in marshy areas. Flowering and fruiting run from August to December.
Cyperaceae
Sedge family
Kyllinga bulbosa belongs to the Cyperaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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