- Scientific name
- Cyperus esculentus
- Common name
- Chufa (edible Variety)
- Kingdom / family
- Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
- Genus
- Cyperus
- Category
- plantae
- Primary role
- crop
- Crop type
- vegetable
- Growth habit
- perennial with grasslike stems and leaves
- Edible
- yes
- Temperature
- 14 to 26 °C
- pH
- 5 to 7
- Precipitation
- 500 to 1000 mm
- Soil texture
- 3
- Light
- 5/10
- Native regions
- ["Afghanistan","Argentina Northeast","Argentina Northwest","Alabama","Albania","Algeria","Angola","Arizona","Arkansas","Aruba","Austria","Azores","Bahamas","Bangladesh","Benin","Bermuda","Belgium","Burkina","Belize","Bolivia","Botswana","British Columbia","Bulgaria","Burundi","Brazil West-Central","Brazil Northeast","Brazil Southeast","Brazil North","Brazil South","Cabinda","Central African Republic","California","Cambodia","Chad","China North-Central","Colombia","Cameroon","Connecticut","Colorado","Comoros","Congo","Costa Rica","C. American Pacific Is.","Cape Provinces","Caprivi Strip","Cuba","Cape Verde","Delaware","Djibouti","Dominican Republic","Ecuador","Egypt","Equatorial Guinea","Eritrea","Ethiopia","Florida","Gabon","Galápagos","Gambia, The","Georgia","Germany","Gulf of Guinea Is.","Ghana","Guinea-Bissau","Guatemala","Guinea","Hawaii","Honduras","Hungary","Idaho","Illinois","India","Indiana","Iowa","Iran","Iraq","Ivory Coast","Jamaica","Japan","Jawa","Kansas","Kenya","Kriti","Kentucky","Liberia","Libya","Leeward Is. AB Ant","Lesotho","Louisiana","Maine","Massachusetts","Mauritius","Madagascar","Madeira","Michigan","Minnesota","Mali","Malawi","Mozambique","Maryland"]