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Southern Cattail

Typha domingensis

Description:

It is found throughout temperate and tropical regions worldwide. It is sometimes found as a subdominant associate in mangrove ecosystems such as the Petenes mangroves ecoregion.[1] Female flower inflorescence of Typha domingensis are used externally for burns and wound healing in Turkish folk medicine. In vivo tests on rats has shown that it does have very good wound healing properties.

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3 Comments

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

again thanks Ashish,,

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Cats Tail Marsh Grass.

Sachin Zaveri
Spotted by
Sachin Zaveri

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Spotted on Apr 18, 2012
Submitted on Apr 18, 2012

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