botanical record · discovered
Common Reed
Phragmites australis
Common Reed · Ditch Reed · Giant Reed · Reed Grass · Abo’djigûn · Almindelig tagrør · Calaf · Canna di palude · Cannuccia di palude · Canyapita · Carrizo · Cawnen · Cecysen · Common reed · Corsen · Corsen Cyrs · Corsen Gyffredin
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, Turkey, US(Blackfoot)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Antidote(Fish), Antidote(Shrimp), Bronchitis, Cholera
Science studied: BETA-AMYRIN, ASCORBIC-ACID, ASH, ASPARAGINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Poaceae
Scientific name: Phragmites australis
Common names: Common Reed, Ditch Reed, Giant Reed, Reed Grass, Abo’djigûn, Almindelig tagrør, Calaf, Canna di palude, Cannuccia di palude, Canyapita, Carrizo, Cawnen, Cecysen, Common reed, Corsen, Corsen Cyrs, Corsen Gyffredin
History
The source record documents this plant in China, Turkey, Elsewhere, US(Blackfoot).
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Antidote(Fish)
- Antidote(Shrimp)
- Bronchitis
- Cholera
- Coffee
- Cough
- Diabetes
- Diaphoretic
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- Diuretic
- Dropsy
- Fever
- Flux
- Gout
- Hemorrhage
- Hiccup
- Lung
- Nausea
- Refrigerant
- Rheumatism
- Sex
- Sore
- Stomach
- Sudorific
- Sugar
- Antidote
- Emetic
- Typhoid
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- US(Blackfoot)
Documented cultural uses
- Antidote(Fish)
- Antidote(Shrimp)
- Bronchitis
- Cholera
- Coffee
- Cough
- Diabetes
- Diaphoretic
- Diuretic
- Dropsy
- Fever
- Flux
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- Gout
- Hemorrhage
- Hiccup
- Lung
- Nausea
- Refrigerant
- Rheumatism
- Sex
- Sore
- Stomach
- Sudorific
- Sugar
- Antidote
- Emetic
- Typhoid
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- BETA-AMYRIN
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- ASPARAGINE
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- FAT
- FIBER
- FURFURAL
- PHOSPHORUS
- PROTEIN
- SAPONIN
- SILICIC-ACID
- SUCROSE
- TARAXEROL
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- TARAXERONE
- WATER
- WAX
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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