musta :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Cyperus
Species: Cyperus rotundus

Allied species:

-Cryptocoryne spiralis

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: Mustaka, Krodeshta, Hima, Varida, Megha, Raja Kaseruka, Abda, Ambhoda
English: nut grass , Purple Nutsedge, Java-grass, Coco-grass, Sweet Cyperus
Hindi: Motha, nagarmotha
Urdu: Sad kufi, Habu-ul-zillam, Nagarmotha, Dheela, Mork, Motha
Telugu: Bhadra-tunga-mustalu
Bengali: Mutha, Badhail, Bedalle, Dila Motha, Nagarmuta
Marathi: Barik motha, Bimbal, Nagarmotha
Oriya: Mutha
Gujarathi: Motha
Tamil: Korai kilangu
Malayalam: Muttanga
Kannada: Tunge-gadde
Punjabi: Mutha, Motha
Arabic: so ad kufi
Spanish: Castañuela,
Mexican: Cebollin, Pimientillo
Assamese: Keyabon
Japanese: Hamasuge
Chinese: xiang fu, Suo cao, Hsiang-fu, Xiang tou cao, Xiang fu zi.
French: Herbe-à-oignon, Souchet à tubercules, Souchet rond, Souchet dAsie,
German: Rundes Zypergras, Knolliges Zypergras
Burma: Monhnyin-bin
Nepal: Mothe
Persian: Mushkok, Sad Kufi
Sinhalese: Kalanthi
Greek: Kupere

Varities:

early Ayurvedic texts mentioned two varieties “

Nagara musta
Bhadra musta

” which were later identified respectively as Cyperus scariosus R. Br. and Cyperus rotundus L.

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