Plant Details

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

Polygonum aviculare subsp. buxiforme (Small) Costea & Tardif

Polygonum aviculare subsp. neglectum (Besser) Arcang.

Polygonum aviculare subsp. aviculare

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alaf haftband	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
allseed nine-joints	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
anjabar	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
armstrong	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
asarrāyi	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
aviculaire	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
baekjeol	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
baixu	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
ban-nalia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban-natia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bannalia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
batbat	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
beggarweed	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
bian xu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
bianxu	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
bigbund	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bijband	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bikh anjabar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bird knotgrass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
birdgrass	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
birdweed	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
bird’s tongue	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
bistorta centinodio	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
bistorte aviculare	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
biển súc	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
blutkraut	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
centinode	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
centinodia	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
chveulebrivi matitela	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
common knotgrass	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
common knotgrass herb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
common knotweed	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
coreggiuola	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
cow grass	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
cowgrass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
crawlgrass	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
cпориш звичайний	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
devil’s grass	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
doejipool	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
doorweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
dooryard weed	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
duisendknoop	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
edrani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
endrani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
english knotgrass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
erect knotgrass	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
erva-de-bicho-dos-passarinhos	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eunmadeup	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
gorets ptichiy	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
gorets ptitsii	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
gorlec	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gusjatnica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
harilik linnurohi	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
herba centumnodii	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
herba polygoni avicularis	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
herba sanguinalis	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
herbe aux panaris	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
herbe de renouée des oiseaux	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
herbe des st innocents	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
herbe à cochon	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
hisonali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hog weed	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hogweed	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
hundred jointed	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
hunraj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
höusegräs	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
iyeza lendlebe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kesri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kiziltasma	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
knicker	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
knot-grass	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
knot-weed	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
knotgrass	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
knotgrass herb	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
knotweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
koperdraad	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kuwar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laufrasen	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
machoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
madeupnamul	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
matgrass	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
matt grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
maura sūrene	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mexican sanguinaria	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
miramoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
miromati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moraran'a letsana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
moraran'a nokana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nine joints	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ninety-knot	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
nisamoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nisomali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palpolak	Other	Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
pian syu	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
pian xu	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
pig root	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pig-rush	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
pigweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
pihatatar	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
pinkweed	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
plattsaad	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
poligono	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
poligono degli uccelli	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
poliónatos	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
polygoni avicularis herba	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
polygonum	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
porcfu	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
prostrate knotweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
qouddab	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
qush toron	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
rdesno ptaci	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
red robin	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
renouée des oiseaux	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
russischer knöterichtee	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
sanguinaire	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
sanguinaria	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
sathing	Other	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
saugrss	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
saukraut	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
schweinegrass	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
schweinekruse	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
sekedeknä	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
sempre-noiva-dos-passarinhos	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shabat el ghûl	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
shegan	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
sparrow tongue	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
sporiş	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
sporysz	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
sporyš ptičij	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
stonegrass	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
swine’s grass	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
swynel grass	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
the knot grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tire-goret	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
tosholgon kymyzdyk	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
trampgrass	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
traniane	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
traînasse	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
troscot	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
troskot	Other	Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
tungress	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
varkgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vej-pileurt	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
voelduisendknoop	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vogelknöterich	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
vogelknöterichkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
way grass	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
wegetred	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
wegetritt	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
weggras	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
wegkruast	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
weidemannscher tee	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
willow weed	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wireweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yard knotweed	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
zerrgras	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
çoban değneği	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
πολυόνατος	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
сommon knotgrass	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
بطباط	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
عصي الرّاعي	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
قضاب	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
射干	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
萹蓄	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
flowering aerial parts		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Herba		Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Whole grass		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Aerial parts		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
flowering herb		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
tender tops		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Roots		Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
aboveground parts		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
flowering herbs		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Whole plant		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
aerial parts	whole or cut dried flowering aerial parts	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
aerial parts	whole or cut dried flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
whole plant		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
stem, leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Fruit (Seed), Stem		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
flowering aerial parts	dried flowering aerial parts	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
flowering aerial parts	Whole or fragmented, dried flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
aerial part		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
herb		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

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

Centinodia avicularis (L.) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 146 (1869).
Centinodium aviculare (L.) Drejer Fl. Excurs. Hafn.: 151 (1838).
Polygonum aviculare subsp. latifolium Ehrh. Hannover. Mag. 18: 221 (1780), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polygonum aviculare	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Polygonum aviculare L	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
Polygonum aviculare L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonum aviculare L. s.l.	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Polygonum aviculare Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Polygonum aviculare Linn. var. aviculare	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Polygonum aviculare Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Polygonum avicularia	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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