Tiger nut
Cyperus esculentus · Sedge family
Plant portrait
Tiger nut carries narrow upright leaves and forms small underground tubers.
Harvested part
The tubers of varieties grown for food.
What to watch for
Watch the leaf clumps; the small tubers are not botanical nuts.
Growth stages of the tiger nut
Plotilo illustrates the tiger nut in 5 stages in 3D: seed, small sprout, young plant, growing and harvest. The models show typical shapes; they do not predict how long growth takes.
- Seed
Starting from a seed. It is shown on the surface to make it visible in this illustration.
- Small sprout
A short first stem and its first small leaves emerge.
- Young plant
The young plant carries more leaves and starts to take its own shape.
- Growing
Leaves and stems develop. Their shape depends on the species.
- Harvest
An illustration of the harvested part. Roots are made visible for clarity; this image does not confirm actual maturity.
Same botanical family
No other plant from the sedge family is in the Plotilo catalogue yet.