Distribution Map

Cyperus articulatus

                   
   
inchoboza

Cyperaceae Cyperoideae Cyperoideae 

As at April 2024, 4 herbarium specimens, 10 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula
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Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Cyperus articulatus - Tufted perennial up to about 3 m high. Stem about 1 cm thick, cylindrical, pale yellowish, hollow with transverse partitions a few cm apart showing especially when stem dry. Leaves reduced to one or two basal sheaths at foot of each stem. Inflorescence with few very slender axes bearing dense clusters of numerous very slender pale brown spikelets, up to 2 cm long.

* 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.