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Nutsedge
Cyperus rotundus
Nutsedge · Common Nut Sedge · Hasir · Herbe à oignon · Java-grass · Knollen-Zypergras · Koko djamina · Notengras · Nut-grass · Nutgrass · Nutgrass flatsedge · Purple Nutsedge · Purple Nutsegde · Rundes Zypergras
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, Turkey, Japan*, Sanscrit, India, Sudan, Egypt, Java
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abdomen, Ache(Head), Ache(Stomach), Alterative
Science studied: ARSENIC, ASCORBIC-ACID, 1,8-CINEOLE, COPAENE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Cyperaceae
Scientific name: Cyperus rotundus
Common names: Nutsedge, Common Nut Sedge, Hasir, Herbe à oignon, Java-grass, Knollen-Zypergras, Koko djamina, Notengras, Nut-grass, Nutgrass, Nutgrass flatsedge, Purple Nutsedge, Purple Nutsegde, Rundes Zypergras
History
The source record documents this plant in China, Turkey, Japan*, Sanscrit, Elsewhere, India, Sudan, Egypt and 6 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abdomen
- Ache(Head)
- Ache(Stomach)
- Alterative
- Anodyne
- Astringent
- Bactericide
- Bladder
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- Bowel
- Cancer(Cervix)
- Carminative
- Chest
- Demulcent
- Depression
- Diaphoretic
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Dysmenorrhea
- Dyspepsia
- Edema
- Emmenagogue
- Energy
- Fever
- Fungistatic
- Gastralgia
- Gravel
- Hypertension
- Impotency
- Inflammation
- Lactogogue
- Leucorrhea
- Menoxenia
- Metritis
- Metroxenia
- Perfume
- Side
- Sore
- Stomach
- Stomachic
- Stone
- Tranquilizer
- Trauma
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Vermifuge
- Whitlow
- Wound
- Cold
- Ulcer
- Vasodilator
- Amenorrhea
- Analgesic
- Aphrodisiac
- Bite(Scorpion)
- Circulation
- Congestion
- Emollient
- Felon
- Hair-Tonic
- Hemicrania
- Stimulant
- Tonic
- Virility
- Medicine
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- Turkey
- Japan*
- Sanscrit
- Elsewhere
- India
- Sudan
- Egypt
- Java
- Iran
- Samoa
- Bahamas
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- French
- Venezuela
Documented cultural uses
- Abdomen
- Ache(Head)
- Ache(Stomach)
- Alterative
- Anodyne
- Astringent
- Bactericide
- Bladder
- Bowel
- Cancer(Cervix)
- Carminative
- Chest
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- Demulcent
- Depression
- Diaphoretic
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Dysmenorrhea
- Dyspepsia
- Edema
- Emmenagogue
- Energy
- Fever
- Fungistatic
- Gastralgia
- Gravel
- Hypertension
- Impotency
- Inflammation
- Lactogogue
- Leucorrhea
- Menoxenia
- Metritis
- Metroxenia
- Perfume
- Side
- Sore
- Stomach
- Stomachic
- Stone
- Tranquilizer
- Trauma
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Vermifuge
- Whitlow
- Wound
- Cold
- Ulcer
- Vasodilator
- Amenorrhea
- Analgesic
- Aphrodisiac
- Bite(Scorpion)
- Circulation
- Congestion
- Emollient
- Felon
- Hair-Tonic
- Hemicrania
- Stimulant
- Tonic
- Virility
- Medicine
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ARSENIC
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- COPAENE
- P-CYMOL
- CYPERENE
- CYPERENONE
- CYPEROLONE
- BETA-CYPERONE
- EO
- D-EPOXYGUAIENE
- D-FRUCTOSE
- D-GLUCOSE
- IRON
- KOBUSONE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
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- MANGANESE
- MUSTAKONE
- OLEIC-ACID
- 4ALPHA,5ALPHA-OXIDOEUDESM-11-EN-3-ALPHA-OL
- BETA-PINENE
- POLYPHENOLS
- ROTUNDENE
- ROTUNDENOL
- BETA-ROTUNOL
- BETA-SELINENE
- STEARIC-ACID
- SUGENOL
- SUGEONOL
- ZINC
- CYPEROTUNDONE
- ISOCYPEROL
- MAGNESIUM
- POTASSIUM
- ROTUNDONE
- SELINATRIENE
- STARCH
- OLEANOLIC-ACID
- ALKALOIDS
- CALCIUM
- D-COPADIENE
- GAMMA-CYMENE
- CYPEROL
- ALPHA-CYPERONE
- FLAVONOIDS
- ISOKOBUSONE
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- PATCHOULENONE
- ALPHA-ROTUNOL
- SODIUM
- SUGARS
- SUGETRIOL
- SITOSTEROL
- OLEANOLIC-ACID-3-O-NEOHESPERIDOSIDE
- COPPER
- PECTIN
- RESIN
- CAMPHENE
- LIMONENE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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