Plant Details

Accepted name:: Phragmites mauritianus Kunth [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
brackried	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dekriet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
eembungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
eterre	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fluitjiegras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gondze	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lowveld reed	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
m'tete	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mbu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mitetu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
olumbungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oruu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
otjihu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
reed	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rihlanga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

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

Phragmites communis var. mauritianus (Kunth) Baker Fl. Mauritius: 454 (1877).
Phragmites communis var. mossambicensis Andersson in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 555 (1864).
Phragmites pungens Hack. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 771 (1901).
Phragmites vulgaris var. mauritianus (Kunth) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 876 (1894).
Phragmites vulgaris var. mossambicensis (Andersson) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 876 (1894).
Phragmites communis var. nudus (Nees) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 876 (1894).
Phragmites nudus Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 356 (1841).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Phragmites communis Trin. mauritianus (Kunth)Baker	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Phragmites communis Trin. mossambicensis Andersson	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Phragmites mauritianus	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Phragmites mauritianus Kunth	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Phragmites pungens Hack.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Phragmites vulgaris Crepin mauritianus (Kunth)T.Durand & Schinz	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Phragmites vulgaris Crepin mossambicensis (Andersson)T.Durand & Schinz	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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