Plant Details

Accepted name:: Persicaria chinensis (L.) H.Gross [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Persicaria chinensis var. chinensis

Persicaria chinensis var. hispida (Hook.f.) Kantachot

Persicaria chinensis var. ovalifolia (Meisn.) H.Hara

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilee cheenee kanigalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilee kanagilu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilee konde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bili cheenee kanigalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilichini-gangalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilikonde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boktaung	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
buru	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
buruke	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
buruku	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
bái fàn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chinese knotweed	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese smartweed	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
chokkattan karumbu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chì dì lì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fàn lī	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
huo tan mu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
huo tan mu cao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
huotanmu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
huǒ tàn máo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
huǒ tàn mǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
huǒ tàn mǔ cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
huǒ tàn mǔ cǎo gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hóu kē cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jangli palak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaabasale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanne gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuljangw	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
ljaburu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
maha-gar-kyan-sit	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
meyena wel	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
nanihai	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
paral	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piripu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raburu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
ran-sisori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ranburu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
salinhaizu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
semuloh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
semuluh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seranting	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
surala soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wetkyein	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
wǔ tǔn	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
මියෙන වැල්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
喉科草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
早辣蓼	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
清飯藤	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
火炭母	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
火炭母草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
火炭母草根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
火炭毛	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白飯草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白饭草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紅骨清飯藤	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
赤地利	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
Whole plant, Rhizome		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Whole plant		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaves		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
whole plant		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polygonum chinense L. Sp. Pl.: 363 (1753).
Ampelygonum chinense (L.) Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 62 (1838).
Cephalophilon chinense (L.) Borodina Konsp. Sosud. Rast. Fl. V'etnama 2: 145 (1996).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Persicaria chinensis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Persicaria chinensis (L.) H. Gross	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Persicaria chinensis (L.) H.Gross	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Poligonum chinense Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Polygonum chinense	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Polygonum chinense L.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonum chinense Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Polygonum chinensis L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Polygonum chinese Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Polygunum chinense L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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