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Plant Details

Accepted name: 
Typha angustifolia L. [Typhaceae]
Source: 
World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant: 
Plants of the World Online
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
anea Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bardi Other Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
bikh patera Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bulrush Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cattail Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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)
Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
elephant grass Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eraka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erakasaktuh Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
espadaña Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gon Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hambupan Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
jammugaddi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leser indian reed mace Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
lesser cat tail Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lesser reed-mace Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lesser-bulrush Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
motitrina Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nailrod Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
narrow-leaf cattail Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
narrow-leaved cat's-tail Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
narrow-leaved reedmace Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
narrowleaf cattail Other Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
pan-kanis Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pater Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patera Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pollen typhae Pharmaceutical Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Pharmacopoeia 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)
puhuang Other Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
púhuáng Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
shui du xiang pu Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
smalkaveldun Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
small bulrush Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
small reed-mace Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
small reedmace Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
tabua-estreita Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tambana Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
the reed mace Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
totora Other Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
typhae pollen Pharmaceutical Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
水燭香蒲 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
蒲黃 Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
蒲黄 Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)