Cyperus papyrus
The plains of Virunga National Park are dominated by wetlands and grasslands with papyrus sedge ("Cyperus papyrus"), jointed flatsedge ("C. articulatus"), common reed ("Phragmites mauritanica"), sacaton grasses ("Sporobolus consimilis"), ambatch ("Aeschynomene elaphroxylon"), conkerberry ("Carissa spinarum"), paperbark thorn ("Vachellia sieberiana") and kowai fruit ("Coccinia grandis").