Plant Details

Accepted name:: Persicaria glabra (Willd.) M.Gómez [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
antambonoanavavy	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
arralari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atalari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atlaria	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attalaree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
attarali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bileekanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
burada gogu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chuvanna-mudela-mukku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutalaippucceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
denseflower knotweed	Other	Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
kathali kot	Other	Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014)
kempu nelagumbala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mosalegadde gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeru ganneru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeru kanagilu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeru kanigalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeru sanne soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neru sanne soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirukanigalu-latkta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palpolak	Other	Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
rakta-rohidaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
raktha rohitha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
schovanna-modela-mucca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaktharohitha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant	Fresh plants	Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
roottock, leaves, flower	plant juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 22 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polygonum densiflorum Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(2): 13 (1868), nom. illeg.
Polygonum glabrum Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 447 (1799).
Polygonum imberbe Sol. ex G.Forst. Fl. Ins. Austr.: 90 (1786).
Amblygonum glabrum (Willd.) P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 1: 686 (2018).
Persicaria densiflora Moldenke Torreya 34: 7 (1934).
Persicaria glabra var. scabrinervis (Hook.f.) H.Hara Enum. Fl. Pl. Nepal 3: 176 (1982).
Persicaria portoricensis Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 377 (1903), nom. superfl.
Polygonum acuminatum Meisn. Monogr. Polyg.: 78 (1826), nom. illeg.
Polygonum caucanum Fassett Caldasia 4: 225 (1946).
Polygonum densiflorum var. ciliolatum Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 121 (1856).
Polygonum densiflorum f. ciliolatum (Meisn.) Fassett Caldasia 4: 226 (1946).
Polygonum densiflorum var. imberbe Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 121 (1856).
Polygonum densiflorum f. imberbe (Meisn.) Fassett Caldasia 4: 226 (1946).
Polygonum glabrum var. caribaeum Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 46 (1857).
Polygonum glabrum var. scabrinervis Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 34 (1886).
Polygonum hippopotami Ehrenb. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 121 (1856).
Polygonum portoricense Bertero ex Small Mem. Dept. Bot. Columbia Coll. 1: 46 (1895), nom. superfl.
Polygonum quadrifidum Buch.-Ham. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 122 (1856), not validly publ.
Polygonum scabrinervium Royle ex Bab. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 18: 101 (1838).
Polygonum schimperi Vatke ex Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891(2): 202 (1892), nom. nud.
Polygonum serrulatum Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 256 (1825), nom. illeg.
Polygonum truncatum A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 182 (1850), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Persicaria glabra (Willd.) M. Gomez	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Persicaria glabra (Willd.) M. Gómez	Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014)
Persicaria glabra (Willd.) M.Gómez	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Polygonium glabrum L.	Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
Polygonum densiflorum Meisn.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Polygonum glabrum	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Polygonum glabrum Willd.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Polygonum glabrum Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polygonum imberbe Solander	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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