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  • COMMON NAME: Giant reed
  • ARABIC: بوص، قصبه، غاب
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Arundo donax L.
  • SYNONYMS: Aira bengalensis (Retz.) J.F.Gmel.
  • FAMILY: POACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Dubai , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Fodder (F) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Wadi
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP).
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:390837-1 https://www.feedipedia.org/node/502 Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Used for fuels. Used as animal food. stems traditionally used for fencing, for making musical instruments and to make tools such as bobbins for weaving.

Giant reed, perennial, with woody rhizomes, swollen here and there, with very stout, erect culms, up to 5 meter high, simple, smooth and glabrous. Leaves conspicuously 2-ranked, 3-6 cm broad at base, with brown auricles, at tip tapering into a long point and up to 60 cm long. Inflorescence a plume-like panicle, up to 70 cm long. 

Flowering from June to December.
Mostly found near water, in wadis and irrigated places.
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