Cattail

Cattail, Common Cattail, Narrow-leafed Cattail

Totora

Typha latifolia, Typha angustifolia

Nabagashk (Tall Grass with Flat Leaf); apakway; apakweshk, apakweshkway (defender of the shoreline)

pirivevúi

Common cattail grows in shallow water and in ditches, reaching a height of 3 to 9 feet. It has stiff stems and long thin blade-like leaves that have a 'D' shape in cross section. The flowers occur from May to July. The female flowers are in a tight cigar-shaped brown cluster near the tip of the stem. The male flowers occur above the females on the stem, are thinner and lighter brown, and fall off the stem earlier than the females. (Plants used by the Great Lakes Ojibwa)

The new shoots are edible in spring, while the roots supply a good source of starch for flour. The fuzz of the fruit was traditionally sued as a war medicine. (Plants used by the Great Lakes Ojibwa)

Es disinfectante de vias urinarias. También es suavemente laxante. Infusión al 20 por mil. (La vuelta a los vegetales

La vuelta a los vegetales

Plants used by the Great Lakes Ojibwa, Meeker, Elias and Heim, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Odanah, WI, 1993