Bulbostylis hispidula

Family: Cyperaceae

What it is like

A sedge. It has small rough stiff hairs. It forms tufts and grows 10-80 cm tall. It can have creeping rhizomes. The leaves are 1-15 cm long by 0.2-0.5 mm wide. The flowering shoots can be simple or compound. There can be 2 to many spikelets. The nutlets are pale grey and 1-1.3 mm long by 1 mm wide. They have 3 sides.

Where it is found

It is a tropical plant. It can grow in wet grassland and woodland or in dry sandy places.

Countries/locations it is found in

Africa, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Caucasus, Central Africa, Central America, Chad, Colombia, Congo DR, Congo R, Costa Rica, Cuba, East Africa, El Salvador, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Europe, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guiana, Guianas, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Middle East, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North America, Panama, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sahel, SE Asia, Senegal, Seychelles, Socotra, Somalia, South Africa, South America (country/location of origin), Southern Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Turkey, Türkiye, Uganda, Venezuela, West Africa, West Indies, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Seeds

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Chabaonda, Chisuku

Synonyms

Albigardia hispidula (Vahl) Lye; Fimbristylis hispidula (Vahl) Kunth; Scirpus hispidulus Vahl;