Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chonakappulu	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kangani-machan-pillu	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kangany-machan-pillu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kyubrisi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kyurchumba	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
malora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
priya ghans	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ratan daure	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ratanaulo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ratnala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raunne	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tungdhap	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tunglhapchhi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tungro	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
猫儿眼睛	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 31 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polygonum alatum (D.Don) Buch.-Ham. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 154 (1827).
Polygonum nepalense Meisn. Monogr. Polyg.: 84 (1826).
Polygonum punctatum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 72 (1825), nom. illeg.
Cephalophilon nepalense (Meisn.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 24: 76 (1987).
Persicaria alata (D.Don) Nakai Rep. Veg. Ooryongto: 18 (1919).
Persicaria alata var. violascens Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 45: 114 (1931).
Persicaria lyrata (Nakai) Nakai Rigakkwai 24: 300 (1926).
Persicaria nepalensis f. adenothrix (Nakai) Hiyama J. Jap. Bot. 37: 96 (1962).
Persicaria nepalensis var. kumaona (Subba Rao & Kumari) S.S.Dash & Bhaumik in S.S.Dash & A.A.Mao (eds.), Fl. Pl. India Annot. Checkl. Dicot. 2: 405 (2020).
Persicaria perforata (Meisn.) H.Gross Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 277 (1913).
Polygonum alatum var. adenothrix Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 416 (1909).
Polygonum alatum var. arenarium Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 42 (1886).
Polygonum alatum var. metzianum Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 42 (1886).
Polygonum alatum var. nepalense (Meisn.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 42 (1886).
Polygonum alatum var. parviflorum Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 42 (1886).
Polygonum alatum var. rigidulum Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 42 (1886).
Polygonum alatum var. tenuicaule Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 42 (1886).
Polygonum capitatum Korth. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 128 (1856), not validly publ.
Polygonum guttuliferum Miq. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 129 (1856).
Polygonum kumaonum Subba Rao & Kumari J. Indian Bot. Soc. 55: 168 (1976).
Polygonum lyratum Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 17 (1919).
Polygonum metzianum Miq. Flora 32: 557 (1849).
Polygonum microcephalum Hassk. Flora 14: 561 (1831), nom. illeg.
Polygonum nepalense var. adenothrix Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 416 (1909).
Polygonum nepalense var. kumaonum (Subba Rao & Kumari) R.C.Srivast. Indian Forester 134: 1699 (2008).
Polygonum perforatum Aitch. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 90 (1880), nom. illeg.
Polygonum perforatum Meisn. Monogr. Polyg.: 83 (1826).
Polygonum perforatum var. laevigatum Meisn. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 59 (1832).
Polygonum punctatum var. alatum D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 72 (1825).
Polygonum quadrifidum Hayata J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 233 (1911), nom. illeg.
Truellum nepalense (Meisn.) P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 1: 686 (2018).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Persicaria nepalensis (Meisn.) H. Gross	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Persicaria nepalensis (Meisn.) H.Gross	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Persicaria nepalensis (Meissner) H. Gross	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Polygonum alatum Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Polygonum alatum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonum alatum Buch.-Ham. ex Spreng.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Polygonum nepalense Meisn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Polygonum nepalense Meissn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonum punctatum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)

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