Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Typha angustifolia
Scientific Name and Description
Typha angustifolia L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Typha angustifolia L.
Massula angustifolia (L.) Dulac
Typha angustifolia var. calumetensis Peattie
Typha angustifolia var. elatior (Boenn.) Nyman
Typha angustifolia var. elongata Wiegand
Typha angustifolia f. foveolata (Pobed.) Mavrodiev
Typha angustifolia f. inaequalis Kronf.
Typha angustifolia var. longispicata Peck
Typha angustifolia f. submersa Glück
Typha elatior Boenn.
Typha foveolata Pobed.
Typha glauca Seg.-Vianna (Illegitimate)
Typha gracilis Rchb. (Illegitimate)
Typha latifolia var. minor Ambrosi
Typha media C.C.Gmel.
Typha minor Curtis
Typha pontica Klok. fil. & A. Krasnova
Massula angustifolia (L.) Dulac
Typha angustifolia var. calumetensis Peattie
Typha angustifolia var. elatior (Boenn.) Nyman
Typha angustifolia var. elongata Wiegand
Typha angustifolia f. foveolata (Pobed.) Mavrodiev
Typha angustifolia f. inaequalis Kronf.
Typha angustifolia var. longispicata Peck
Typha angustifolia f. submersa Glück
Typha elatior Boenn.
Typha foveolata Pobed.
Typha glauca Seg.-Vianna (Illegitimate)
Typha gracilis Rchb. (Illegitimate)
Typha latifolia var. minor Ambrosi
Typha media C.C.Gmel.
Typha minor Curtis
Typha pontica Klok. fil. & A. Krasnova
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | broad leaved cattails, indian reed-mace |
| Hindi | era, gon, paan, parocito, pata, patar, pater, patera, pota |
| Kannada | aane jondu, aanejondu, apu, jambu, jambu hullu, mungusibaala, naribaala |
| Marathi | motitrina, pan-kanis, pun, tambana |
| Sanskrit | eraka, erakasaktuh, gundra, gundramula, sari, sivi |
| Tamil | sambu |
| Telugu | dabbu jambu, dabbujambu, jambu, jammu, jammugaddi, neeti jambu |
| Tibetan | ku ntha |
| Urdu | bikh patera |
| Common names | lesser bulrush,narrowleaf cattail, lesser reedmace |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Roots
Ethnopharmacology use
Typha angustifolia L. Herb Root Indigestion; diarrhoea; dysentery; fever; headache; cough; abdomen pain General Chander et al. 2015
References
Literature
Literature
Chander et al. 2015
A DICTIONARY OF THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF INDIA VOL.I - 4 Author - GEORGE WATT
ASTANGA HRIDAYA KOSHA Author - ANONYMOUS
GANAS OF VAHATA Author - N.S. MOOSS
INDIAN MATERIA MEDICA, FIRST EDITION 1908, 3RD EDITION 1954 Author - LATE DR.K.M.NADKARNI & A.K.NADKARNI
NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 3 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 2 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons) Author - Ed B D Sharma, S Karthikeyan, N P Singh
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
The Flora of the Palni Hills Vol-3 Author - K.M. Matthew
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL III(MONOCOTS) Author - K.M. MATTHEW
The Flora of Orissa Vol IV Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Typha angustifolia. (2024, June 29). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typha_angustifolia