• Family : CYPERACEAE
  (Sedge Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CYPERACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyperus alternifolius
• Common name : Umbrella Plant, Galingale, Papyrus, Umbrella Sedge
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Plains, often grown as ornamental
• Comments / notes : Common
• Key identification features : A tall tuff sedge with long-leaved stalks; Leaves in form of rays, umbrella like appearance; Flowers very small, branched inflorescence.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district
  • Kerala : Malappuram district
• Native : East Africa
• World Distribution : East Africa
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : K.S.Rao-Flowering Plants of IISC, 2009; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyperus alternifolius. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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