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Non-scientific name:

knotweed

2 Accepted name(s) for "knotweed":

Accepted name
Persicaria barbata (L.) H.Hara
Polygonum aviculare L.

12 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Drug form: Plant parts:
Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Persicaria barbata (Linnaeus) Hara Persicaria barbata (L.) H.Hara Persicaria barbata (L.) H.Hara
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polygonum barbatum Polygonum barbatum L. Persicaria barbata (L.) H.Hara whole shoot system, root
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L.
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L.
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L.
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L. dried aerial part aerial part
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L.
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L. aboveground parts
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010) Polygonum aviculare L Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L. dried flowering aerial parts flowering aerial parts
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polygonum aviculare Linn. Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L.
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polygonum aviculare Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L.
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum aviculare L.

157 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "knotweed":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
allseed nine-joints Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
armstrong Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
asa al rae'y Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
aviculaire Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
baekjeol Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
ban-nalia Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban-natia Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bannalia Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
beggarweed Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bhakundo Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bian xu Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bigbund Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bijband Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bikh anjabar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bird knotgrass Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
birdgrass Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
birdweed Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bird’s tongue Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bishalari Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bistorta centinodio Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bistorte aviculare Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
blutkraut Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
centinode Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
centinodia Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
chveulebrivi matitela Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
common knotgrass Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
common knotweed Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
coreggiuola Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
cow grass Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
cowgrass Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
crawlgrass Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
devil’s grass Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
doejipool Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
doorweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
dooryard weed Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
duisendknoop Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
edrani Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
endrani Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
english knotgrass Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
erect knotgrass Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
erva-de-bicho-dos-passarinhos Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eunmadeup Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
gorets ptitsii Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
gorlec Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gusjatnica Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
habbat al rae'y Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
harilik linnurohi Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hemero tea Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
herba centumnodii Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
herba polygoni avicularis Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
herba polygoni avicularis Pharmaceutical Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
herba sanguinalis Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
herbe aux panaris Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
herbe de renouée des oiseaux Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
herbe des st innocents Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
herbe à cochon Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hisonali Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hog weed Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hogweed Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hundred jointed Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hunraj Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
höusegräs Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
iyeza lendlebe Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
joint weed Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kesri Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
khursani jhar Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
knicker Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
knot-grass Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
knot-weed Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
knotgrass Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
knotgrass herb Other Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
knowgrass Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
koperdraad Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kus karabugdayi Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kuwar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laufrasen Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
machoti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
madeupnamul Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
matgrass Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
matt grass Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
maura sūrene Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
mexican sanguinaria Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
miramoti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mirmiri Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
miromati Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
miti-yanagi Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
moraran'a letsana Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
moraran'a nokana Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
máo liǎo Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nana shwana Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
nine joints Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ninety-knot Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
nisamoli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nisomali Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pien hsu Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
pig-rush Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
pigweed Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
pihatatar Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
pinkweed Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
piriya Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
plattsaad Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
poligono Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
poligono degli uccelli Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
polygoni avicularis herba Pharmaceutical Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
polygonum Other Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
porcfu Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
prostrate knotweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
qush toron Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
rdesno ptaci Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
red robin Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
renouée des oiseaux Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
russischer knöterichtee Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
sanguinaire Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
saugrss Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
saukraut Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
schweinegrass Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
schweinekruse Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
sekedeknä Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
semchare ghans Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sempre-noiva-dos-passarinhos Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shabat el ghûl Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
shuǐ là liǎo Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sparrow tongue Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
sporiş Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
sporysz Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
sporyš ptičij Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
stonegrass Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
swine’s grass Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
swynel grass Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
sì jì qīng Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
t'ieh sien ts'ao Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
tebuk seludang Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
the knot grass Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thulo pirya Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tire-goret Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
tote jhar Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
trampgrass Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
traniane Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
traînasse Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
troscot Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
tungress Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
varkgras Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vej-pileurt Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
voelduisendknoop Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vogelknöterich Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
vogelknöterichkraut Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
way grass Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
wegetred Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
wegetritt Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
weggras Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
wegkruast Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
weidemannscher tee Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
willow weed Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wireweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zerrgras Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
四季青 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
毛蓼 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
水辣蓼 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)