Medicinal plant details
Cyperus surinamensisRottb.
(Musta)
| Common name | Musta |
| Habit | Herb |
| Habitat | Road sides and moist places |
| Parts used | Rhizome |
Synonyms
| Sr. No. | Synonyms |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cyperus barrancae M.E.Jones |
| 2 | Cyperus bipontini Boeckeler |
| 3 | Cyperus compressus Jacq. |
| 4 | Cyperus denticulatus Schrad. |
| 5 | Cyperus subenervius Steud. |
| 6 | Cyperus tenuicapitatus Steud. |
| 7 | Cyperus surinamensis var. viridis Boeckeler |
Taxonomical information
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum | Streptophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Poales |
| Family | Cyperaceae |
| Genus | Cyperus |
| Species | Cyperus surinamensis Rottb. |
Vernacular names
| Sanskrit | |
| English | Tropical flat sedge |
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Morphology
Short lived perennial grows with a height of 0.35 to 0.8 meters, rhizomes are short and brown. Leaves are V-shaped, 0.01 to 0.06 m long and 2-6 mm wide, sheath 3-10 cm long, whitish green flushed with brown at base. Anthela compound to decompounded, leafy bracts 3-9 very unequal, spikelets 15-60 clustered in a globose head. Styles pale-brown and ovary yellowish green.
Distribution
Distributed in tropical America, West Indies and South America, northern Taiwan and south-western regions of India
Medicinal uses
Skin diseases, fever and digestive disorders
References
| 1 | Bhat, K. G. (2014). Flora of south kanara: dakshina kannada and udupi districts of karnataka. Taxonomy Research Centre. |
| 2 | Chen, S. H., Weng, S. H., and Wu, M. J. (2009). Cyperus surinamensis Rottb., a newly naturalized sedge species in Taiwan. Taiwana, 54, 399-402. |