Typha domingensis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Typhaceae
Genus: Typha
Species: Typha domingensis
Name

Typha domingensis Pers.
References

Syn. pl. 2(2):532. 1807
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Typha domingensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
English: reedmace, southern cattail, narrow-leaved cumbungi, tule cattail
suomi: Etelänosmankäämi
עברית: סוף מצוי
日本語: ヒメガマ
português: Taboa
中文: 长苞香蒲

Typha domingensis, known commonly as southern cattail[3] or cumbungi, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Typha.
Contents

1 Distribution and habitat
2 Uses
3 References
4 External links

Distribution and habitat

It is found throughout temperate and tropical regions worldwide.[4] It is sometimes found as a subdominant associate in mangrove ecosystems such as the Petenes mangroves ecoregion of Yucatán.[5]
Uses

In the Mesopotamian Marshes of southern Iraq, Khirret is a dessert made from the pollen of this plant.[6] In Turkish folk medicine the female inflorescences of this plant and other Typha are used externally to treat wounds such as burns. Extracts of T. domingensis have been demonstrated to have wound healing properties in rat models.[7]

Water extracts of the fruit, female flower and male flower of Typha domingensis exhibit iron chelating activity as well as superoxide and nitric oxide scavenging activities. By contrast, only the fruit and female flower extracts were found to have alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activity.[8] A partially purified, proanthocyanidin-rich butanol fraction of the fruit was shown to be a competitive inhibitor of alpha-glucosidase, which also had concurrent antioxidant activity.[9]

Recently it was found that Typha domingensis is very effective at reducing bacterial contamination of water for agricultural use. This plant helps to reduce, up to 98 percent, pollution by enterobacteria (usually found in the intestines of mammals) involved in the development of disease.[10]
References

Lansdown, R.V. (2019). "Typha domingensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T164208A120229199. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T164208A120229199.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
"Typha domingensis Pers.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 January 2016 – via The Plant List.
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Typha domingensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Typha domingensis
World Wildlife Fund. Eds. M. McGinley, C. M. Hogan, & C. Cleveland. 2010. Petenes mangroves. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington, DC.
"Khirret".
Akkol, E. K., et al. (2011). The potential role of female flowers inflorescence of Typha domingensis Pers. in wound management. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 133(3) 1027-32.
Chai TT, Mohan M, Ong HC, Wong FC (2014) Antioxidant, iron-chelating and anti-glucosidase activities of Typha domingensis Pers. (Typhaceae). Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 13(1): 67-72.
Chai TT, Chiam MJ, Lau CH, Mohd Ismail NI, Ong HC, Abd Manan F, Wong FC (2015) Alpha-glucosidase inhibitory and antioxidant activity of solvent extracts and fractions of Typha domingensis (Typhaceae) fruit. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 14 (11): 1983-1990.
Common weed revealed to diminish water pollution