Plant Details

Accepted name:: Persicaria capitata (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) 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:
japanese knotweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
khurseno	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kopf-knöterich	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kyumbamran	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
maisoti phul	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
not known	Other	Med. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
phulimhendo	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
pink-head knotweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pink-head persicaria	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pire jhar	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
pitle	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ratnaulo	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
renouée capitée	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tou hua liao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tungdhap	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Herb		Med. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polygonum capitatum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 73 (1825).
Cephalophilon capitatum (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 24: 76 (1987).
Polygonum capitatum var. macilentum (Meisn.) Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 130 (1856).
Polygonum capitatum var. pingue (Meisn.) Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 129 (1856).
Polygonum repens Meisn. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 60 (1832).
Polygonum repens var. macilentum Meisn. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 60 (1832).
Polygonum repens var. pingue Meisn. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 60 (1832).
Polygonum robynsii De Wild. Pl. Bequaert. 5: 261 (1931).
Truellum capitatum (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 1: 687 (2018).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Persicaria capitata (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) H. Gross	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
Persicaria capitata (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Gross	Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Persicaria capitata (Buch.-Ham.ex D.Don) H.Gross	Med. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
Persicaria capitata (Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don) H. Gross	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Persicaria capitata (D.Don) Gross	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Polygonum capitatum Buch. Ham. ex Don	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Polygonum capitatum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonum capitatum Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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