Plant Details

Accepted name:: Persicaria punctata (Elliott) Small [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ajisillo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
catay colorado	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
caá-tay	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
caá-tí	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
dotted knotweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dotted smartweed	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
erva-de-bicho	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
erva-de-bicho-roxa	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
picantilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
pimenta-d'agua	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
polygonum punctatum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
sanguinaria	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
tripa de pollo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem bark		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
stem-bark		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Dried flowers, Entire plant, Flowers, leaf + root, Juice plant, Leaf, Root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 43 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polygonum acre Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 179 (1817), nom. illeg.
Polygonum punctatum Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 455 (1817).
Discolenta punctata (Elliott) Raf. New Fl. 4: 48 (1838).
Mitesia punctata (Elliott) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 15 (1837).
Persicaria acris M.Gómez Anales Inst. Segunda Enseñ. 2: 277 (1896), nom. illeg.
Persicaria punctata var. breviciliata (Meisn.) H.Hara Fl. E. Himal.: 74 (1966).
Persicaria punctata var. confertiflora (Meisn.) D.Löve & J.-P.Bernard Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 53: 391 (1959).
Persicaria punctata var. eciliata (Small) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 379 (1903).
Persicaria punctata var. leptostachya (Meisn.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 379 (1903).
Persicaria punctata var. tacubayana Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 131 (1913).
Polygonum acre f. albiflorum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 553 (1891).
Polygonum acre var. aquatile Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(1): 18 (1855).
Polygonum acre var. brachystachyum Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 108 (1856).
Polygonum acre var. breviciliatum Meisn. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 57 (1832).
Polygonum acre var. confertiflorum Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 108 (1856).
Polygonum acre var. leptostachyum Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 108 (1856).
Polygonum acre var. riparium (Mart.) Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(1): 18 (1855).
Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale Mart. Reise Bras. 1: 550 (1823).
Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale var. aquatile (Mart.) Mart. Linnaea 5(Lit.): 41 (1830).
Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale f. aquatile Mart. Reise Bras. 2: 550 (1828).
Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale var. riparium (Mart.) Mart. Linnaea 5(Litt.): 41 (1830).
Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale f. riparium Mart. Reise Bras. 2: 550 (1828).
Polygonum distachyum Mart. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 108 (1856).
Polygonum eciliatum (Small) W.Stone Rep. (Annual) New Jersey State Mus. 1910: 423 (1911).
Polygonum epilobioides Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 13: 254 (1849).
Polygonum gracilescens Mart. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 108 (1856), not validly publ.
Polygonum maritimum Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 161 (1829).
Polygonum punctatum var. aquatile (Mart.) Fassett Caldasia 4: 221 (1946).
Polygonum punctatum var. breviciliatum (Meisn.) Steward Contr. Gray Herb. 88: 63 (1930).
Polygonum punctatum var. confertiflorum (Meisn.) Fassett Brittonia 6: 377 (1948).
Polygonum punctatum var. eciliatum Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20: 214 (1893).
Polygonum punctatum var. ellipticum Fassett Brittonia 6: 375 (1949).
Polygonum punctatum var. leptostachyum (Meisn.) Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 356 (1892).
Polygonum punctatum var. littorale Fassett Brittonia 6: 379 (1949).
Polygonum punctatum f. longicollum Fassett Brittonia 6: 379 (1949).
Polygonum punctatum var. mexicanum Fassett Brittonia 6: 381 (1949).
Polygonum punctatum var. parviflorum Fassett Brittonia 6: 381 (1949).
Polygonum punctatum var. parvum Vict. & J.Rousseau Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 13 (1940).
Polygonum punctatum var. riparium (Mart.) Fassett Brittonia 6: 382 (1949).
Polygonum punctatum f. stipitatum Fassett Caldasia 4: 223 (1946).
Polygonum punctatum var. tacubayanum (Nieuwl.) Fassett Brittonia 6: 374 (1949).
Polygonum punctatum var. typicum Fassett Brittonia 6: 371 (1949), not validly publ.
Polygonum riparium Mart. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 108 (1856), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Persicaria punctata (Elliott) Small	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Persicaria punctata Small	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Polygonum acre H.B.K.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polygonum acre Kunth	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Polygonum punctatum Ell.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Polygonum punctatum Elliot	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polygonum punctatum Elliott	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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