Plant Details

Accepted name:: Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Phragmites australis subsp. americanus Saltonst., P.M.Peterson & Soreng

Phragmites australis subsp. berlandieri (E.Fourn.) Saltonst. & Hauber

Phragmites australis subsp. isiacus (Arcang.) ined.

Phragmites australis subsp. australis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
#a	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
#aa.b	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
aqraban	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
bous	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
bulrush	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
canico	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
caniço	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
carricillo	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
carrizo	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
carrizo común	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cañoto	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
common reed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
danube grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ditch reed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
durma mats	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eenbungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fluitjiesgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fluitjiesriet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
galdae	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ghab	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
giant reed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
giant reedgrass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gondse	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hajna	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
igagamlambo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ingcongolo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ingqulwane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ishani	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isiqandolo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jalal	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
ka.mbu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
leklata	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lu gen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lu jing	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
lu wei	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
lugen	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
luthanga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
luwei	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
massahunga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
massangesse	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
matete	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mbu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
molimahali	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
olumbungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oruu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
phragmite commun	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
phragmites	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
phragmitis rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
qasba	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
qassab	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
reed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
reed grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ried	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
riet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
roseau cane	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
roseau commun	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ruu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sak jalal	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
schilf	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
schilfrohr	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tete	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
timbuche	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
tra’a	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
umcoboka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umhlanga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uqobose	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vaderlandsgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vlakkiesgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yellow cane	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
\|\|'ang\|'o	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|\|'eng\|'o	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
بوص	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
طراع	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
غاب	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
كسبه	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
芦根	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
芦苇	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
蘆根	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
roots		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
Whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
aerial part, leaf, root, fruit, bud		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
rhizome, stem		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizomes		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Arundo australis Cav. Anales Hist. Nat. 1: 100 (1799).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arundo australis Cav.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Phragmites australis	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Steud.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin ex Steud.	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex Steud.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Stend	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steudel	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)
Phragmites australis (Cav.)Trin. ex Steud.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Phragmites australis Cav.	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Phragmitis australis L.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)

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