Plant Details

Accepted name:: Typha angustifolia L. [Typhaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aane jondu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aanejondu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
apu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bardi	Other	Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
bikh patera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
broad leaved cattails	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bulrush	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cat tail flag	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cattail	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cattail pollen	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
cháng bāo xiāng pú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cỏ nến	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
dabbu jambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dabbujambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elephant grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
era	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erakasaktuh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
espadaña	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
espandana	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
gon	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gundra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gundramula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gān pǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hambupan	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
hime-gama	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
indian reed-mace	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambu hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jammu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jammugaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ku ntha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lembang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leser indian reed mace	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
lesser cat tail	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lesser indian reed mace	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lesser reed-mace	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lesser-bulrush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lú zhú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
motitrina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mungusibaala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nailrod	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
naribaala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narkul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narkut ya tatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narrow-leaf cattail	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
narrow-leaved cat's-tail	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
narrow-leaved reedmace	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
narrowleaf cattail	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
neeti jambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pan-kanis	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parocito	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pater	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pollen typhae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
pota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pu huang	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
puhuang	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
pun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pú cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
púhuáng	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
pǔ bāo cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shui du xiang pu	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shuǐ zhú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sivi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
smalkaveldun	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
small bulrush	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
small reed-mace	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
small reedmace	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
tabua-estreita	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tambana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
the reed mace	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
totora	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
typhae pollen	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
vodake	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
xiāng pú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
水烛	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
水燭香蒲	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
浦包草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
甘浦	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芦烛	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蒲草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蒲黃	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
蒲黄	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
长苞香蒲	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
香蒲	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
pollen	dried pollen	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Seeds		Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
pollen	dried pollen	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
pollen	dried pollen	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pollen		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
pollen		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Pollen		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Pollen		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
pollen	dried pollen	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
Entire plant, Leaf, Rhizome		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Typha angustata Bory & Chaub. Nouv. Fl. Pélop.: 4 (1838).
Massula angustifolia (L.) Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 47 (1867).
Typha angustifolia subsp. angustata (Bory & Chaub.) Briq. Prodr. Fl. Corse 1: 643 (1910).
Typha angustifolia var. angustata (Bory & Chaub.) Jord. Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia) 24: 123 (1973).
Typha angustifolia var. calumetensis Peattie Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 129 (1926).
Typha angustifolia var. elatior (Boenn.) Godr. Fl. Lorraine 2: 20 (1843).
Typha angustifolia var. elongata Wiegand Rhodora 26: 1 (1924).
Typha angustifolia f. foveolata (Pobed.) Mavrodiev Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n.s., 111(1): 78 (2006).
Typha angustifolia f. inaequalis Kronf. Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 39: 153 (1889).
Typha angustifolia var. longispicata Peck Rep. (Annual) Regents Univ. State New York New York State Mus. 47: 162 (1894).
Typha angustifolia var. spathacea Borbás ex Kronf. Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 39: 150 (1889).
Typha angustifolia f. submersa Glück Biol. Morphol. Untersuch. Wasser- Sumpfgewächse 3: 7 (1911).
Typha austro-orientalis Mavrodiev Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n.s., 111(1): 78 (2006).
Typha domingensis var. angustata (Bory & Chaub.) Gèze Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58: 459 (1911).
Typha elatior Boenn. Prodr. Fl. Monast. Westphal.: 274 (1824).
Typha foveolata Pobed. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 11: 10 (1949).
Typha glauca Seg.-Vianna J. Ecol. 39: 316 (1952), nom. illeg.
Typha gracilis Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 9: 2, t. 520, f. 744 (1847), nom. illeg.
Typha latifolia var. minor Ambrosi Fl. Tirolo Mer. 1: 797 (1854).
Typha linnaei Mavrodiev & Kapit. Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 46: 13 (2015).
Typha media C.C.Gmel. Fl. Bad. 3: 602 (1808).
Typha minor Curtis Fl. Londin. 3: t. 62 (1780), nom. superfl.
Typha pontica Klokov f. & Krasnova Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 29: 691 (1972).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Thypha angustifolia L.	Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
Typha angustata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Typha angustata Bory & Chaub	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Typha angustata Bory & Chaub.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Typha angustata Bory et Chab	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Typha angustata Bory et Chaub.	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Typha angustifolia	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Typha angustifolia L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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