Taxon: Cyperus articulatus L.

Common names:

• chintul   (Source: Weed CIBA )
  
• jointed flat sedge   (Source: Weed CIBA )
  
• piripiri   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 )
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control   (fide Kew Bull 56:283. 2001)
  
• Materials: cane; essential oils   (for mat-making fide F Ceylon, as C. corymbosus; Kew Bull 56:283. 2001, for perfume)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  
• Social: religious/secular   (fide Kew Bull 56:283. 2001)
  
• Weed   (fide Weed CIBA)
  

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Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Egypt
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea; Ethiopia; Somalia
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon
  West Tropical Africa: Burkina Faso; Cote D'Ivoire; Ghana; Liberia; Mali; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo
  Southern Africa: Botswana; Lesotho; Namibia; South Africa - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal; Swaziland
  Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Yemen
  Western Asia: Egypt - Sinai; Iran; Israel
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; India; Sri Lanka
  Indo-China: Indochina
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Northern Territory [n.]
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas
  Central Mexico: Mexico - Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico - Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco, Yucatan; Nicaragua; Panama
  Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Guadeloupe; Jamaica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Trinidad and Tobago
  Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina; Paraguay; Uruguay

References:

• Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. (Pl SAfr)
• Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. (L Guianas ed2)
• Boudet, G. et al. 1986. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. (L Mali)
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
• Burkill, H. M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. (Use Pl WT Afr) 1:610–611.
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA)
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Haines, R. W. & K. A. Lye. 1983. Sedges and rushes of East Africa. (Sedge EAfr)
• Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989–. Flora of Ethiopia. (and Eritrea. 2000) (F Ethiop)
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. (L Aust)
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. (L Ecuador)
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. (F VenGuay)
• Thulin, M., ed. 1993–. Flora of Somalia. (F Somalia)
• Tucker, G. C. 1983. The taxonomy of Cyperus (Cyperaceae) in Costa Rica and Panama. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 2:42.
• Tucker, G. C. 1994. Revision of the Mexican species of Cyperus (Cyperaceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 43:95.
• Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. (F Yemen)

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Synonyms:

• (=) Cyperus corymbosus Rottb.
  

Check other databases for Cyperus articulatus L.:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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