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  • COMMON NAME: cat’s-tail, cumbungi, southern cattail, reedmace.
  • ARABIC: بردي، بوص
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Typha domingensis Pers.
  • SYNONYMS: Typha abyssinica, Typha aequalis, Typha aethiopica.
  • FAMILY: TYPHACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Dubai , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Wadi
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP).
https://www.floraofqatar.com/typha_domingensis.htm https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:836837-1/general-information Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. 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.
Dried crushed flowers applied to burns for cooling effect.
Stems to 3 m tall or more. Leaves green or yellowish-green, the sheaths not auriculated or only the uppermost ones somewhat so; blade 5–15 mm wide. Male and female inflorescences usually separated by 1-5.5 cm; male inflorescences usually 15–35 cm long; female inflorescences 12–40 cm long, bright reddish-brown. Stigma linear, exserted. Flowering from April to July.
it grows by permanent pools in wadis; some time planted in sewage systems.
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