Typha angustifolia

• Botanical Name : Typha angustifolia L.
• Synonyms : Typha elatior Boenn.
• Common Name : Ghabajariu, Ramban
• Common Name Details :

  It is commonly called 'Ghabajariu' as the inflorescence of the plant is known to heal any type of cuts and wounds.

• Plant Family : Typhaceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park, Aranya Van

About Typha angustifolia Plant :

• Habit : A robust, perennial, scapigerous herbs.
• Leaves : As long as scape, vertical, sheathing at the base.
• Inflorescence : Spikes, terminal, terete, reddish-brown.
• Flowers : Male flowers above on the spike and female flowers below separated by a constricted sterile region.
• Fruit : Nutlets minute, ellipsoid or ovoid, brown.
• Seeds : Dark brown in colour, rhomboid or subquadrangular, glabrous.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : October - June
• Significance : The inflorescence is known to heal the cuts and wounds.