Typha ELEPHANTINA Roxb.
| Synonym : | Typha elephantina var. schimperi (Rohrb.) Graebn. Typha latifolia subsp. maresii (Batt.) Batt. Typha maresii Batt. Typha schimperi Rohrb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Hogla, Tara. |
| English Name : | Elephant-grass, Indian Reed-mace. |
| Family : | Typhaceae |
| Disease : | cooling, aphrodisiac, strangury, splenic enlargement, burning sensation, leprosy,diuretic, dysentery, gonorrhea, ulcers and measles. |
| Description : | A gigantic gregarious marsh plant, 1.8-3.6 m high with erect grass-like equitant leaves, 1.2-1.8 m long, 1.8-3.8 cm broad. Flowering stem embraced at the base by the leaf-sheaths, straight, glossy, spongy within, the top, forming the rachis of the female and male spikes. Lower female spike 15-25 cm long by 7.5-25 mm diam., male spike 5-7.5 cm above the female, 20-30 cm long. |
| Distribution : | Sylhet and Chittagong in swamps and canals. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The plant is cooling and aphrodisiac, used in strangury, splenic enlargement, burning sensation and leprosy. The root-stock is astringent and diuretic, employed in dysentery, gonorrhoea and measles. The soft and wooly floss of male spikes and down of the |
| Habit : | Herb |