Distribution Map

Cyperus laevigatus

Ikwane
(Juncellus laevigatus)

Cyperaceae Cyperoideae Cyperoideae 

As at April 2024, only one record from Eswatini (herbarium specimen)

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Cyperus immensus - (Ikwane) Very robust, up to 2 m or more high. Leaves flat, strongly veined, up to 2 cm wide, stout, margin finely toothed. Stems stiffly erect, sharply triangular. Inflorescence large, copious, up to 20 cm long and wide, long axes branched towards their ends, branches bearing very abundant spikelets densely along and around them, mostly at right angles. Spikelets medium brown, partly transparent, c 7 mm long; glumes and florets falling from base upwards.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.