Data sheet

Typha latifolia

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology	deciduous, multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture, vegetables, materials, medicinals & aromatic, environmental
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on small scale, harvested from wild

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	shallow (20-50 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	10	25	6	30	Soil texture	heavy	heavy, medium, light, wide, organic
Rainfall (annual)	500	1500	300	4000	Soil fertility	high	low
Latitude	30	27	63	65	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	4.5	7.5	3.7	8	Soil drainage	poorly (saturated >50% of year)	poorly (saturated >50% of year)
Light intensity	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies	very bright

Climate zone	steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc)	Photoperiod
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.	flooding	Abiotic suscept.	drought
Introduction risks.	can become a weed

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	starch	buds
food & beverage	protein	buds
food & beverage	starch	bark
food & beverage	protein	bark
food & beverage		bulbs
food & beverage		flowers
food & beverage		seeds
material	lipids/oil & fats	seeds
material	fibres	leaves
material	paper	leaves
material	other material/chemicals	flowers
medicinal	genitourinary system applications	leaves
medicinal	skin applications	leaves
medicinal	respiratory applications	bark
medicinal	genitourinary system applications	roots
medicinal	metabolic system applications	roots
medicinal	skin applications	roots
medicinal	digestive system applications	flowers
medicinal	genitourinary system applications	flowers
medicinal	skin applications	seeds
fuels	non-wood fuel	bark
environmental	revegetation	entire plant
environmental	pollution control	entire plant