Plant Details

Accepted name:: Typha elephantina Roxb. [Typhaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
anai korai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
anaikkorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaikkoria	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
anaippul	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
apu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boj	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bori	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bulrush	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
campai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cattail	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dzammu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elephant cattail	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elephant grass	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
elephant-grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
enigajunum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
enugadzammu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
enugajammu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erakaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
erakā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ghaabaajariyu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gondapateraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gundra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gundraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gundraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gundramoola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gundramula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hogala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
hogalaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
indian reed-grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indian reed-mace	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jambuhulla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambuhullu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jammugaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jammuguddi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kampankorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mothitrina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narakalikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narakalikappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padhari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panalavhala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pater	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pateraa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
patiraa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
potagala	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
poṭagala (root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
raamabaan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
rambana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sivi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, pollen		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root	dried root	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Typha elephantina var. schimperi (Rohrb.) Graebn. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 8: 11 (1900).
Typha latifolia subsp. maresii (Batt.) Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 18 (1895).
Typha maresii Batt. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 34: 389 (1887 publ. 1888).
Typha schimperi Rohrb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 11: 95 (1869).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Typha elephantina Roxb.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Typha elephantina Roxburgh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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