Plant Details

Accepted name:: Oxyria digyna (L.) Hill [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
almora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
banbare	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
barmale	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chohahak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chumcha	Other	Ethnobot. of Monochlamydeae Pl. from Kashmir (Farooq et al., 2014)
chyakulti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gosh bara	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
kailaashi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kailashi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khatimli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khattimli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kozu kulak	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
kyurba	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
span harswa	Other	Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
tereṣpop	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
thonra	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
козу кулак	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
ترڜپاپ	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
گوش بره	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
山蓼	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
酸浆菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves		Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
leaves, shoots		Ethnobot. of Monochlamydeae Pl. from Kashmir (Farooq et al., 2014)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Oxyria reniformis Hook. Fl. Scot.: 111 (1821).
Rumex digynus L. Sp. Pl.: 337 (1753).
Acetosa digyna (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768).
Donia digyna (L.) R.Br. J. Voy. N.-W. Passage, Bot.: 41 (1824).
Donia sapida R.Br. Voy. Explor. Baffin's Bay, App.: xlii (1819).
Lapathum digynum (L.) Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 6 (1779).
Oxyria acida R.Br. in J.C.Loudon, Encycl. Pl.: 294 (1829).
Oxyria digyna subsp. elatior (R.Br. ex Meisn.) Juel, R.E.Fr. & Örtendahl Index Seminum (UPS, Upsaliensi) 1910: 13 (1911).
Oxyria elatior R.Br. ex Meisn. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 64 (1832).
Oxyria rotundifolia Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 277 (1821 publ. 1822).
Rheum digynum (L.) Wahlenb. Fl. Lapp.: 101 (1812).
Rumex reniformis (Hook.) Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 34(I): 131 (1862).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Oryia digyna (L.) Hill	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Oxyria digyna (L.) Hill	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Oxyria digyna (L.) Hill.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014) Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
Oxyria digyna (Linnaeus) Hill	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Oxyria digyna Hill	Ethnobot. of Monochlamydeae Pl. from Kashmir (Farooq et al., 2014)
Oxyria digynia Hill	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Oxyria reniformis Hook.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rumex digynus L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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