Swaziland's Flora Database:
Species Information
Cyperus sexangularis Nees
(name current 2016)
incoshane
Cyperaceae
Growth form: Herb
Found within protected areas
Swaziland distribution: lowveld only
Other uses
Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Cyperus sexangularis - Up to c 1 cm high, leaves reduced to sheaths. Stem with c 6 ridges. Inflorescence much branched, rather compact, surrounded by c 10 rather stiff erect-spreading leaf-like bracts which exceed it in length. Spikelets numerous, grouped in clusters of few, up to c 8 mm long X 2 mm wide, greyish-brown; glumes very closely set.
* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.
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