Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
broadleaf cumbungi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
budeul	Other	Med. Pl. in S. Mountainous Region of Korea (Kim & Song, 2011)
bulrush	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
cat-tail	Other	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
cattail	Other	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) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
dong fang xiang pu	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gama	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
hsiang p'u	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
lesser reed-mace	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
mace reed	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
oriental cattail	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
p'o heung	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
p'u hsiang	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
p'u o	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
p'u sun	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
p'u wang	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
phoo wong	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pollen typhae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
pu huang	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
puhuang	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
typha orientalis whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
typha pollen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
typhae pollen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
東方香蒲	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
蒲黃	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
蒲黄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
pollen	dried pollen	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
pollen	dried pollen	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
pollen	dried pollen	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
pollen	dried pollen	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
pollen	dried pollen	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
root		Med. Pl. in S. Mountainous Region of Korea (Kim & Song, 2011)
pollen		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
pollen	dried pollen	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
pollen		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Typha japonica Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 160 (1866).
Typha angustifolia subsp. muelleri (Rohrb.) Graebn. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 2: 13 (1900).
Typha latifolia var. orientalis (C.Presl) Rohrb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 11: 80 (1869).
Typha muelleri Rohrb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 11: 95 (1869).
Typha orientalis var. brunnea Skvortsov in A.I.Baranov & B.V.Skvortsov, Diagn. Pl. Nov. Mandsh.: 1 (1943).
Typha shuttleworthii Lehm. Pl. Preiss. 2: 1 (1846), nom. illeg.
Typha shuttleworthii subsp. orientalis (C.Presl) Graebn. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 8: 10 (1900).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Typha japonica	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Typha orientalis	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Typha orientalis C. Presl	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Typha orientalis C.Presl	Med. Pl. in S. Mountainous Region of Korea (Kim & Song, 2011) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Typha orientalis Preel	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Typha orientalis Presl	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Typha orientalis Presl.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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