Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
fructus polygoni orientalis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
kiss me over the garden gate	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
polygoni orientalis fructus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
prince's-feather	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
prince's-feather fruit	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
princesfeather	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
princess-feather	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shuihonghuazi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
水红花子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
荭草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
荭草根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
荭草花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 30 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polygonum orientale L. Sp. Pl.: 362 (1753).
Amblygonum orientale (L.) Nakai in T.Mori, Enum. Pl. Corea: 129 (1922).
Amblygonum orientale var. pilosum (Meisn.) Nakai in T.Mori, Enum. Pl. Corea: 129 (1922).
Amblygonum pilosum (Meisn.) Nakai Rigakkwai 24: 297 (1926), nom. superfl.
Goniaticum solitarium Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 338 (1812).
Heptarina orientalis (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 15 (1837).
Lagunea cochinchinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 220 (1790).
Lagunea orientalis (L.) Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 18: 112 (1942).
Lagunea orientalis var. pilosa (Meisn.) Nakai Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 585 (1979).
Persicaria cochinchinensis (Lour.) Kitag. Rep. Inst. Sci. Res. Manchoukuo 3: 102 (1939).
Persicaria orientalis var. glabrata (Hook.f.) S.S.Dash & Bhaumik in S.S.Dash & A.A.Mao (eds.), Fl. Pl. India Annot. Checkl. Dicot. 2: 405 (2020).
Persicaria pilosa (Meisn.) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 237 (1979), nom. superfl.
Persicaria schroeteriana (Danser) Soják Preslia 46: 155 (1974).
Polygonum altissimum Moench Methodus: 630 (1794).
Polygonum amoenum Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 532 (1826), nom. illeg.
Polygonum cochinchinense (Lour.) Meisn. Monogr. Polyg.: 55 (1826).
Polygonum cordobense Lindau Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 10 (1894).
Polygonum hirtum Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 259 (1825).
Polygonum inundatum Mart. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 123 (1856), not validly publ.
Polygonum orientale var. cochinchinense (Lour.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 612 (1921), nom. superfl.
Polygonum orientale var. discolor Benth. London J. Bot. 1: 494 (1842).
Polygonum orientale var. glabratum Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 30 (1886).
Polygonum orientale var. pilosum Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 123 (1856).
Polygonum pilosum Roxb. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1710 (1829), nom. superfl.
Polygonum schroeterianum Danser Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 12: 68 (1932).
Polygonum spaethii Dammer Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 378 (1899).
Polygonum speciosum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 259 (1796), nom. superfl.
Polygonum subcordatum Miq. J. Bot. Néerl. 1: 95 (1861).
Polygonum torquatum Bruijn in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 303 (1854).
Reynoutria spaethii (Dammer) Moldenke Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68: 675 (1941).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Persicaria orientale (L.) Spach	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Polygonum orientale L.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Polygonum orientate L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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