Plant Details

Accepted name:: Polygonum aviculare L. [Polygonaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

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. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
amssekhsser	Other	Med. Roots Collected & Traded, Morocco (Ouarghidi et al., 2013)
anjabar	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
armstrong	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
asa al rae'y	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
asarrāyi	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
aviculaire	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
awedmi	Other	Med. Roots Collected & Traded, Morocco (Ouarghidi et al., 2013)
baekjeol	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 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. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bian xu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bianxu	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. 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. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
birdgrass	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
birdweed	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bird’s tongue	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bistorta centinodio	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bistorte aviculare	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
biển súc	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
blutkraut	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
budneen suul	Other	Med. Pl. in Mongolia (WHO, 2013)
centinode	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
centinodia	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
chveulebrivi matitela	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 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. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
common knotgrass herb	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
common knotweed	Other	Med. Pl. in Mongolia (WHO, 2013) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
coreggiuola	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
cow grass	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
cowgrass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
crawlgrass	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
cпapыш	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
cпориш звичайний	Other	Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
devil’s grass	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
doejipool	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
doorweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 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) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
erect knotgrass	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
erva-de-bicho-dos-passarinhos	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
eunmadeup	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
gorets ptichiy	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
gorets ptitsii	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
gorlec	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
gusjatnica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
gаkhаin nogoo	Other	Med. Pl. in Mongolia (WHO, 2013)
habbat al rae'y	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
harilik linnurohi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hemero tea	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
herba centumnodii	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
herba polygoni avicularis	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
herba sanguinalis	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
herbe aux panaris	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
herbe de renouée des oiseaux	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
herbe des st innocents	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
herbe à cochon	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hisonali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hog weed	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hogweed	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hundred jointed	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hunraj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
höusegräs	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 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. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
knot-grass	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
knot-weed	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
knotgrass	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) 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. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
knotweed	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) 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. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
knowgrass	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
koperdraad	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kus karabugdayi	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
kuwar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laufrasen	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
machoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
madeupnamul	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
madipul	Other	Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013)
matgrass	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
matt grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
maura sūrene	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 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)
miti-yanagi	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
moraran'a letsana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
moraran'a nokana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nana shwana	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
nine joints	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ninety-knot	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
nisamoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nisomali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nyalo	Other	Med. Pl. in Mongolia (WHO, 2013)
palpolak	Other	Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
palpoolak	Other	Ethnopharm. Important Med. Pl., N Pakistan (Sher et al., 2010)
pian syu	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
pian xu	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
pien hsu	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pig root	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pig-rush	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
pigweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
pihatatar	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
pin chook	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pinkweed	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
plattsaad	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
poligono	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
poligono degli uccelli	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
poliónatos	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
polygoni avicularis herba	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
polygonum	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
polygonum aviculare whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
porcfu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
prostrate knotweed	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
qiziltasma	Other	Med. Pl. Chatkal Reserve, Uzbekistan (Egamberdieva et al., 2012)
qouddab	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
qush toron	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
rdesno ptaci	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
red robin	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
renouée des oiseaux	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
russischer knöterichtee	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
sanguinaire	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 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. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
saukraut	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
schweinegrass	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
schweinekruse	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
sekedeknä	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
sempre-noiva-dos-passarinhos	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
shabat el ghûl	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
shegan	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
shuvuun tarna	Other	Med. Pl. in Mongolia (WHO, 2013)
sparrow tongue	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
sparyš	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
sporiş	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
sporysz	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
sporyš ptičij	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
stonegrass	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
swine’s grass	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
swynel grass	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
t'ieh sien ts'ao	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
the knot grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tire-goret	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
tosholgon kymyzdyk	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
trampgrass	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
traniane	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
traînasse	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
traŭka-muraŭka	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
troscot	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
troskot	Other	Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
tungress	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
varkgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vej-pileurt	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 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. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
vogelknöterichkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
way grass	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
wegetred	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
wegetritt	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
weggras	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
wegkruast	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
weidemannscher tee	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
willow weed	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wireweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
yard knotweed	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
zerrgras	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 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., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
тpaўкa-муpaўкa	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
بطباط	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
عصي الرّاعي	Other	Trad. 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 Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) 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	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
flowering aerial parts		British Pharmacop. 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		Trad. 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)
Root		Ethnopharm. Important Med. Pl., N Pakistan (Sher et al., 2010)
Roots		Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
whole plant, root		Med. Pl. in Mongolia (WHO, 2013)
root		Med. Roots Collected & Traded, Morocco (Ouarghidi et al., 2013)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
flower, leaves, aerial parts		Med. Pl. Chatkal Reserve, Uzbekistan (Egamberdieva et al., 2012)
herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
aerial parts		Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
aerial part, root, stem		Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
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. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
aerial parts	whole or cut dried flowering aerial parts	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
aerial parts	whole or cut dried flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
whole plant		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (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. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
flowering aerial parts	Whole or fragmented, dried flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacop., 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 115 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polygonum aviculare subsp. aviculare
Polygonum aviculare var. vegetum Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 3: 532 (1850).
Avicularia vulgaris Didr. Bot. Not. 1850: 187 (1850).
Centinodia avicularis (L.) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 146 (1869).
Centinodia humifusa Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 146 (1869).
Centinodium aviculare (L.) Drejer Fl. Excurs. Hafn.: 151 (1838).
Centinodium axillare Montandon in F.Friche-Joset, Syn. Fl. Jura: 270 (1856).
Polygonum acmophyllum Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 172 (1882).
Polygonum acutifolium Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 587 (1866).
Polygonum arenarium Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1: 120 (1817), nom. illeg.
Polygonum aviculare var. angustifolium Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 271 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. illeg.
Polygonum aviculare var. angustifolium Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 237 (1803).
Polygonum aviculare var. brevifolium Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 271 (1821 publ. 1822).
Polygonum aviculare var. campestre H.Post Bot. Not. 1844: 141 (1844).
Polygonum aviculare var. condensatum Becker Fl. Frankfurt 1: 161 (1828).
Polygonum aviculare subvar. denudatum (Boreau) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 639 (1881), nom. illeg.
Polygonum aviculare var. denudatum Desv. Observ. Pl. Angers: 98 (1818).
Polygonum aviculare var. diffusum Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 97 (1856).
Polygonum aviculare subsp. erectum (Roth) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 258 (1834).
Polygonum aviculare var. erectum Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(1): 455 (1789).
Polygonum aviculare f. erectum J.X.Li & Y.M.Zhang Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 16: 512 (2001), nom. illeg.
Polygonum aviculare var. exiguum Gaudin Fl. Helv. 3: 44 (1828).
Polygonum aviculare floridum Winterl Index Hort. Bot. Univ. Hung.: F3 (1788).
Polygonum aviculare var. gracilis N.Coleman Cat. Fl. Pl. S. Pen. Michigan: 32 (1874).
Polygonum aviculare var. heterophyllum (Lindm.) Munshi & Javeid J. Econ. Taxon. Bot., Addit. Ser. 2: 55 (1986).
Polygonum aviculare subsp. heterophyllum (Lindm.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 4: 848 (1913).
Polygonum aviculare subvar. humifusum Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 639 (1881).
Polygonum aviculare subsp. humifusum (Jord. ex Boreau) Berher in L.Louis, Départ. Vosges 2: 195 (1887).
Polygonum aviculare var. humifusum (Jord. ex Boreau) St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 714 (1889).
Polygonum aviculare var. latifolium S.Watson Botany [Fortieth Parallel]: 315 (1871), nom. illeg.
Polygonum aviculare var. latifolium Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 237 (1803).
Polygonum aviculare subsp. latifolium Ehrh. Hannover. Mag. 18: 221 (1780), not validly publ.
Polygonum aviculare var. latifolium Desv. Observ. Pl. Angers: 98 (1818), nom. illeg.
Polygonum aviculare var. latifolium Coss. & Germ. Fl. Descr. Anal. Paris: 467 (1845), nom. illeg.
Polygonum aviculare var. laxum Meisn. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 3: 532 (1850).
Polygonum aviculare proles littorale Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 12: 113 (1910), nom. illeg.
Polygonum aviculare subsp. littorale Ball J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 652 (1878), nom. illeg.
Polygonum aviculare var. littorale Mack. & Bush Man. Fl. Jackson County: 78 (1902), nom. illeg.
Polygonum aviculare subsp. littorale Rouy Prosp. Fl. Fr.: 225 (1927), nom. illeg.
Polygonum aviculare f. littorale Lindm. Bot. Not. 1896: 75 (1896), nom. illeg.
Polygonum aviculare var. longifolium Desv. Observ. Pl. Angers: 98 (1818).
Polygonum aviculare var. marinum Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 271 (1821 publ. 1822).
Polygonum aviculare var. microphyllum Desv. Observ. Pl. Angers: 98 (1818).
Polygonum aviculare var. minimum Murith Guide Bot.: 86 (1810).
Polygonum aviculare proles monspeliense (Thiéb.-Bern. ex Pers.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 12: 114 (1910).
Polygonum aviculare var. monspeliense (Thiéb.-Bern. ex Pers.) Asch. Fl. Brandenburg 1: 591 (1864).
Polygonum aviculare subsp. monspeliense (Thiéb.-Bern. ex Pers.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 583 (1882).
Polygonum aviculare var. nanum (Bory) Boiss. Voy. Bot. Espagne 2: 554 (1842).
Polygonum aviculare subsp. nanum (Bory) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 583 (1882).
Polygonum aviculare var. parvulum Zapał. Fl. Galic. Crit. 2: 124 (1908).
Polygonum aviculare var. paucicarpum Sennen & Elías Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne) 1921: n.° 4296 (1922), nom. nud.
Polygonum aviculare var. polycnemiforme Lecoq & Lamotte Cat. Pl. Plateau Central: 322 (1847).
Polygonum aviculare var. procumbens Hayne Getreue Darstell. Gew. 5: 23 (1817).
Polygonum aviculare f. rigidum J.G.Laurell Bot. Not. 1898: 100 (1898).
Polygonum aviculare var. rotundifolium Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 271 (1821 publ. 1822).
Polygonum aviculare sarmentosum Winterl Index Hort. Bot. Univ. Hung.: F3 (1788).
Polygonum aviculare var. saxatile Gaudin Fl. Helv. 3: 44 (1828).
Polygonum aviculare var. scabrellum Torr. in C.Wilkes, U.S. Expl. Exped. 17(Bot. 2): 446 (1874).
Polygonum aviculare var. triviale (Winterl) Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 573 (1832).
Polygonum aviculare triviale Winterl Index Hort. Bot. Univ. Hung.: F3 (1788).
Polygonum aviculare var. vulgare Desv. Observ. Pl. Angers: 98 (1818).
Polygonum baltistanicum Chaudhri Pakistan Syst. 3: 30 (1987).
Polygonum caballeroi Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 91: 491 (1895).
Polygonum centinodium Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 237 (1779).
Polygonum centrale Bomble Jahrb. Bochum. Bot. Vereins 14: 46 (2023).
Polygonum chamaechyton P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 1: 687 (2018).
Polygonum chymophyllum Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 149 (1882).
Polygonum crispatum Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. Fl. Eur. 2: 11 (1876), nom. illeg.
Polygonum deloynesii Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 171 (1882).
Polygonum denudatum Boreau Fl. Centre France, éd. 3, 2: 559 (1857).
Polygonum dissitiflorum Bianca ex Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 2(2): 311 (1907), nom. illeg.
Polygonum dissitiflorum var. minutum Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 2(2): 311 (1907).
Polygonum dissitiflorum var. rufo-ochreactum Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 2(2): 311 (1907).
Polygonum dissitiflorum var. tortuosum Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 2(2): 311 (1907).
Polygonum dissitiflorum var. virgatum Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 2(2): 311 (1907).
Polygonum dregeanum Meisn. Linnaea 14: 487 (1841).
Polygonum erythranthum Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 173 (1882).
Polygonum fallax Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 46 (1897).
Polygonum floridum (Winterl) Borbás Balaton Tavának Növényföldr.: 341 (1900).
Polygonum franktonii S.J.Wolf & McNeill Rhodora 88: 474 (1986).
Polygonum ganderbalense Munshi & Javeid J. Econ. Taxon. Bot., Addit. Ser. 2: 55 (1986).
Polygonum geniculatum Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 147 (1804).
Polygonum glaucochloros Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 169 (1882).
Polygonum heterophyllum Lindm. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 6: 690 (1912).
Polygonum heterophyllum var. caespitosum Lindm. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 6: 691 (1912).
Polygonum heterophyllum var. eximium Lindm. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 6: 691 (1912).
Polygonum heterophyllum f. rubescens (Small) Brenckle Phytologia 3: 362 (1950).
Polygonum heterophyllum var. rubescens (Small) R.J.Davis Madroño 11: 144 (1951).
Polygonum humifusum Jord. ex Boreau Fl. Centre France, éd. 3, 2: 560 (1857), nom. illeg.
Polygonum hygrogenes Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. Fl. Eur. 2: 11 (1876).
Polygonum latifolium Giesecke ex Lange Consp. Fl. Groenland. 1: 105 (1881).
Polygonum leptocladum Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 170 (1882).
Polygonum ligerinum Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. Fl. Eur. 2: 13 (1876).
Polygonum littorale Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 385 (1821), nom. illeg.
Polygonum meyenii K.Koch Linnaea 22: 205 (1849).
Polygonum microphyllum Ruiz ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 98 (1856), not validly publ.
Polygonum monspeliense Thiéb.-Bern. ex Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 439 (1805).
Polygonum myriocladum Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 172 (1882).
Polygonum nanum Bory Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 3: 12 (1820).
Polygonum neolittorale P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 1: 687 (2018).
Polygonum oenophyton Gand. Fl. Lyon.: 194 (1875).
Polygonum orogenes Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 149 (1882).
Polygonum pallens Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. Fl. Eur. 2: 14 (1876), nom. illeg.
Polygonum parviflorum Schott Isis (Oken) 2: 822 (1818).
Polygonum phyllophorum Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 169 (1882).
Polygonum pictaviense Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 150 (1882).
Polygonum pleianthum Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 170 (1882).
Polygonum polycnemiforme (Lecoq & Lamotte) Boreau Fl. Centre France, éd. 3, 2: 559 (1857).
Polygonum procumbens Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 2: 434 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Polygonum rhodanense Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 151 (1882).
Polygonum rubescens Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 56 (1906).
Polygonum striatum K.Koch Linnaea 22: 206 (1849).
Polygonum stricticaule Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. Fl. Eur. 2: 33 (1876).
Polygonum telonense Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 151 (1882).
Polygonum uruguense H.Gross Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 345 (1913).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polygonatum aviculare L.	Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006)
Polygonum aviculare	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Polygonum aviculare L	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015) Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
Polygonum aviculare L.	British Pharmacop. 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) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Ethnopharm. Important Med. Pl., N Pakistan (Sher et al., 2010) European Red List of Medicinal Pl. (Allen et al., 2014) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) 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. Chatkal Reserve, Uzbekistan (Egamberdieva et al., 2012) 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 Mongolia (WHO, 2013) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sardinian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sicilian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. Roots Collected & Traded, Morocco (Ouarghidi et al., 2013) 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) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) 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) Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) 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 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) Wild Med. Pl. Resources in Bulgaria (Hardalova et al., 1998) Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonum aviculare L. s.l.	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
Polygonum aviculare L. var. vegetum Ledebour	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polygonum aviculare Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) 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 Pharmacop. (2002)
Polygonum aviculare subsp. aviculare	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
Polygonum avicularia	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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