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Cyperus articulatus
Topic: Biology
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Cyperus |
| Species: | C. articulatus
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| Cyperus articulatus L. 1753
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Cyperus articulatus is an aromatic species of sedge known by the common names jointed flatsedge and priprioca. It has also been known as Guinea rush or adrue.[3] It grows as a perennial[4] herb.[5] It grows in water or near it in rivers, streams, lakes, and swamps with a hyperhydrate (emergent aquatic) or possibly tenagophyte (submerged juvenile and terrestrial adult) growth pattern.[4] It is widespread across tropical and subtropical regions in Africa, southern Asia,[4] northern Australia , the southeastern United States , the West Indies, and Latin America.[6][5] While it is closely related to highly invasive sedges such as purple nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus), priprioca is less prolific and competitive than its relative.
Description
It is similar in appearance to C. corymbosus but with terete culms with 5–20 mm long intersepta and is transversely septate. Its leaf blades are completely absent and it has scale-like involucral bracts measuring less than 15 mm long. The anthers are 1.0-1.5 mm long and the floral glumes are 2.25 to 3.5 mm in length.[4]
| Number of chromosomes | 56 [7][8] |
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Uses
Priprioca is related to other nut sedges (such as tigernut), and its roots release a light, woody, and spicy fragrance with floral notes. It is one of the traditional spices of the Amazon region, used medicinally in local tradition, and its reddish essential oil is used commercially both by the cosmetic industry, and increasingly as a flavoring for food.[9][10]
Like its relative papyrus, priprioca fibers and rhizomes are also used in crafts,[5] since in addition to the exuberant perfume, the products are resistant to mold, indicating that the essential oil may have antifungal properties. Among its main components are mustakone, α-pinene, β-pinene, caryophyllene oxide, trans-pinocarveol, myrtenal, myrtenol, ledol, cyperotundone, and α-cyperone, though no single element dominates. According to local Amazonian medical tradition, priprioca may be harmful to pregnant women, adverse effects possibly including miscarriage.[11]
In folklore
According to Brazilian folklore,[12] the name priprioca came from Piri-Piri, a warrior who lived in an indigenous village in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. It is said that he gave off a wonderful smell, able to attract any indigenous tribe. He also had the power to disappear when in danger, or to escape the hordes of girls at his feet. Once, the daughter of a shaman named Supi was in love with Piri-Piri. She asked her father to teach her a spell to capture Piri-Piri. The shaman then told her to tie Piri-Piri's feet with her hair on a full moon night. Sensing danger, Piri-Piri disappeared in a cloud, never to return. In the place where the warrior was last seen, a plant sprouted which also gave off his magnificent aroma; in his honor, this plant was named piripirioca, later shortened to priprioca.
See also
References
- ↑ Gupta, A.K.; Mahamane, A.; Diop, F.N.; Beentje, H.J.; Ben Saad, S.; Daoud-Bouattour, A.; Ghrabi-Gammar, Z.; Muller, S. et al. (2018). "Cyperus articulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T164147A120149016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T164147A120149016.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164147/120149016. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-235716 (accessed 12 September 2017).
- ↑ Wren, R.C. (1923). Potter's Cylopedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations. London: Potter & Clark. p. 4.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Cook, Christopher D. K. (28 March 1996). "Cyperaceae" (in en). Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India: a reference book and identification manual for the vascular plants found in permanent or seasonal fresh water in the subcontinent of India south of the Himalayas. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 105. ISBN 9780198548218. OCLC 32968513.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Uphof, Johannes Cornelis Theodorus (1968) (in en). Dictionary of Economic Plants (second ed.). New York, NY: J. Cramer. p. 169. ISBN 9783904144711. OCLC 48693661.
- ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=235716.
- ↑ Sarkar, A. K.; Chakraborty, M.; Saha, N. C.; Das, S. K. (November 1976). Löv, Áskell. ed. "IOPB Chromosome Number Reports LIV" (in en). Taxon 25 (5): 631–649. doi:10.1002/j.1996-8175.1976.tb03496.x. ISSN 0040-0262. OCLC 5550786521. "CYPERACEAE Cyperus articulatus L. n = 56. India: W. Bengal, Dankuni, Hooghly. CBLH 13322.".
- ↑ Feinbrun, Naomi; Lerman-Shadder, Shlomith (November 1985). Löve, Áskell. ed. "Chromosome Number Reports LXXXIX" (in en). Taxon 34 (4): 727–730. doi:10.1002/j.1996-8175.1985.tb04449.x. ISSN 0040-0262. OCLC 5556848342. "Cyperus articulatus L. n = 56-57. Jerusalem, University Garden. Lerman C.03.59.".
- ↑ Atala, A. (2012). "A new ingredient: The introduction of priprioca in gastronomy". International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science 1: 61–81. doi:10.1016/j.ijgfs.2011.11.001.
- ↑ Natura. "Perfumes baseados em Priprioca". http://www.natura.net/port/hotsite/ekos_priprioca/index.asp.
- ↑ Azambuja, Wagner. "Priprioca Essential Oil - Óleos Essenciais O Guia do Brasil" (in en). Brazil. https://www.oleosessenciais.org/priprioca-essential-oil/.
- ↑ Luís da Câmara Cascudo (1954). Instituto Nacional do Livro. ed. Dicionário do folclore brasileiro. Rio de Janeiro.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5200200 entry
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