Fairly robust perennial herb ; up to 50(-100) cm tall with stolons covered with brown to blackish scales , ending in a small blackish tuber . Stems (culms) triangular , glabrous , with 3–many crowded leaves near the base . Leaves as long as or longer than culms , crowded near the base ; leaf sheath green to reddish brown , rarely blackish ; leaf blade linear , flat , apex acuminate , scabrid on margin and major ribs . Inflorescences simple or compound , primary branches 5–10 ; spikelets linear-lanceolate with obtuse tip , brown or rust-coloured , 6–22-flowered ; glumes yellowish-brown , ovate to obovate . Fruit nutlet , 1 . 3–1 . 5 × 0 . 6–0 . 7 mm , elliptic , triangular , grey and shiny . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
No Data
Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Not Common
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Chlorocyperus aureus (K.Richt.) Palla ex Kneuck.
Cyperus aureus Ten.
Pterocyperus esculentus (L.) Opiz
Pycreus esculentus (L.) Hayek
No Data
maintenanceAr.Item1
Earth Almond
Ground Almond
Nut Grass
Water Grass
Yellow Nut Sedge
Chufa
Tiger Nut
Atadwe
Not recorded yet. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
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