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Typha elephantina

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID6440103f2fba5925013624
Scientific name Typha elephantina
Authority Roxb.
First published in Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 , 3: 566 (1832)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Typha elephantina var. schimperi (Rohrb.) Graebn. Pflanzenr. IV, 8: 11. 1900
Typha latifolia subsp. maresii (Batt.) Batt. Fl. Algérie Monocot.: 18. 1895 (1895)
Typha maresii Batt. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 34: 389 (1887 publ. 1888)
Typha schimperi Rohrb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 11: 95 (1869)

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Language Common/alternative name
English elephant grass
Arabic بوط فيلي
Igbo elephant grass
Chinese 蒲黄
Chinese 象蒲

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  • Africa
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Mauritania
      • Senegal
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • China
      • China South-central
    • Middle Asia
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Turkmenistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Western Asia
      • Palestine
      • Sinai
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
    • Indo-China
      • Myanmar

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000595006
UNII 1CXV17CD79
Tropicos 33200019
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:836843-1
The Plant List kew-270980
Open Tree Of Life 996395
Observations.org 124265
NCBI Taxonomy 747363
IUCN Red List 164162
IPNI 836843-1
iNaturalist 437104
GBIF 5289477
Freebase /m/01085bfz
EPPO TYHEL
EOL 526535
Elurikkus 505273
USDA GRIN 40800
Wikipedia Typha_elephantina

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Scientific Literature Top

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Phytochemical characterization of Typha domingensis and the assessment of therapeutic potential using in vitro and in vivo biological activities and in silico studies Dilshad R, Khan KU, Ahmad S, Shaik Mohammad AA, Sherif AE, Rao H, Ahmad M, Ghalloo BA, Begum MY Front Chem 08-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10663946
doi:10.3389/fchem.2023.1273191
PMID:38025070
Dose-dependent anti-hyperglycemic & anti-dyslipidemic potential of aqueous leaves extract of Typha elephantina in-vivo and in-vitro Ahmad B, Muhammad Yousafzai A, Khan N, Hussein AM, Kataya A, Studenik CR, Abdel-Maksoud MA Saudi J Biol Sci 04-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10663895
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103868
PMID:38020229
Status, distribution and habitat use by Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) in and around Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal Bhattarai D, Lamichhane S, Pandeya P, Bhattarai S, Gautam J, Kandel RC, Pokheral CP Heliyon 17-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9434049
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10235
PMID:36061015
Ethnobotanical study of Mandi Ahmad Abad, District Okara, Pakistan Munir M, Sadia S, Khan A, Rahim BZ, Gagosh Nayyar B, Ahmad KS, Khan AM, Fatima I, Qureshi R PLoS One 07-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC8989321
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0265125
PMID:35389994
Ethnobotanical inventory and medicinal perspectives of herbal flora of Shiwalik mountainous range of District Bhimber, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan Ishtiaq M, Khanum H, Hussain I, Parveen A, Maqbool M, Thind S, Hussain T, Azeem M, Shabir F, Elansary HO PLoS One 29-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8963552
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0265028
PMID:35349579
Therapeutic effects of Typha elephantina leave’s extract against paracetamol induced renal injury in rabbits Ahmad B, Muhammad Yousafzai A, Ali Khan A, Attaullah M, Ali W, Ahmad S, Yasmin Zamani G, Naz F, Raziq S, Ali A Saudi J Biol Sci 17-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8325022
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.04.018
PMID:34354415
Feeding preferences and nutritional niche of wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal Shrestha TK, Hecker LJ, Aryal A, Coogan SC Ecol Evol 23-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7391305
doi:10.1002/ece3.6183
PMID:32760500
The fodder grass resources for ruminants: A indigenous treasure of local communities of Thal desert Punjab, Pakistan Shaheen H, Qureshi R, Qaseem MF, Bruschi P PLoS One 05-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC7058357
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0224061
PMID:32134935
Revised phylogeny and historical biogeography of the cosmopolitan aquatic plant genus Typha (Typhaceae) Zhou B, Tu T, Kong F, Wen J, Xu X Sci Rep 11-Jun-2018
PMCID:PMC5995854
doi:10.1038/s41598-018-27279-3
PMID:29891978
Indigenous uses of ethnomedicinal plants among forest-dependent communities of Northern Bengal, India Raj AJ, Biswakarma S, Pala NA, Shukla G, Vineeta, Kumar M, Chakravarty S, Bussmann RW J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 26-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5787290
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0208-9
PMID:29373997
Inventory of Medicinal Flora from Thal Desert, Punjab, Pakistan Shaheen H, Qureshi R, Akram A, Gulfraz M Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 03-Apr-2014
PMCID:PMC4202450
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v11i3.39
PMID:25371594

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