Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bistorta amplexicaulis (D.Don) Greene [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anjabar	Other	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011) Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009) Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011) High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014) Marketing of Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003) Med. Pl. & Consv. Status Pakistan (Razzaq et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014) Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
anjabarkar	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
anjubar	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
ban madua	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chyau phul	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kutreya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutrya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masloon	Other	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
masloond	Other	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
munale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
onbu	Other	Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
tarva pana	Other	Wild Pl. of Dughalgay Valley, Pakistan (Zeb et al., 2013)
tarva panra	Other	Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
tarvapanra	Other	Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
tarwa panara	Other	NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006)
tarwa pana	Other	Med. Pl. & Consv. Status Pakistan (Razzaq et al., 2015)
tarwa panra	Other	Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010)
xuesanqi	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
yantuo	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
血三七	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
鸡血七	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
Rhizome		Marketing of Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Root		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Roots, Leaves, Rhizome		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Rhizome, Leaves		Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
Rhizome, whole plant		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Root		Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
Roots		Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
Roots		Med. Pl. & Consv. Status Pakistan (Razzaq et al., 2015)
rhizomes		Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
Root		Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
rhizome		Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
shoots	youngest shoots	Wild Pl. of Dughalgay Valley, Pakistan (Zeb et al., 2013)
rhizome		Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011)
Rhizome		Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010)
Rhizome		NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006)
Rhizome		Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bistorta amplexicaulis var. speciosa (Hook.f.) Munshi & Javeid Syst. Stud. Polygon. Kashm. Himal.: 60 (1986).
Persicaria amplexicaulis (D.Don) Ronse Decr. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98: 368 (1988).
Polygonum amplexicaule D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 70 (1825).
Polygonum amplexicaule var. sinense F.B.Forbes & Hemsl. ex Steward Contr. Gray Herb. 88: 30 (1930).
Bistorta amplexicaulis var. alba Munshi & Javeid J. Econ. Taxon. Bot., Addit. Ser. 2: 61 (1986).
Bistorta amplexicaulis var. dhorpatanensis Yonek. & H.Ohashi J. Jap. Bot. 77: 71 (2002).
Bistorta amplexicaulis var. pendula H.Hara Fl. E. Himal., 3rd. Repr.: 30 (1975).
Bistorta amplexicaulis subsp. sinensis (F.B.Forbes & Hemsl. ex Steward) Soják Preslia 46: 152 (1974).
Bistorta henryi Yonek. & H.Ohashi J. Jap. Bot. 77: 76 (2002).
Bistorta oxyphylla (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904).
Bistorta petiolata (D.Don) Petrov Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 27: 233 (1928).
Bistorta speciosa (Hook.f.) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904).
Persicaria amplexicaulis var. dhorpatanensis (Yonek. & H.Ohashi) J.D.Arm. Hanburyana 7: 47 (2013).
Persicaria amplexicaulis var. pendula (H.Hara) J.D.Arm. Hanburyana 7: 47 (2013).
Persicaria amplexicaulis var. speciosa (Hook.f.) Akeroyd Contr. Bot. Univ. "Babeş-Bolyai" Cluj-Napoca 48: 18 (2013).
Polygonum amplexicaule var. speciosum Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 33 (1886).
Polygonum oxyphyllum Wall. ex Meisn. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 54 (1832).
Polygonum petiolatum D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 70 (1825).
Polygonum speciosum Wall. ex Meisn. Monogr. Polyg.: 66 (1826), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bistorata amplexicaule HK. f.	Wild Pl. of Dughalgay Valley, Pakistan (Zeb et al., 2013)
Bistorta ampilexicaulis	NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006)
Bistorta amplexicaulis	Marketing of Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)
Bistorta amplexicaulis (D. Don)	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011)
Bistorta amplexicaulis (D. Don) Green	Med. Pl. & Consv. Status Pakistan (Razzaq et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015) Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
Bistorta amplexicaulis (D. Don) Green.	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Bistorta amplexicaulis (D. Don) Greene	Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Bistorta amplexicaulis (D.Don) Green	Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010)
Bistorta amplexicaulis (D.Don) Green.	Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
Bistorta amplexicaulis (D.Don) Greene	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Bistorta amplexicaulis (D.Don.) Greene	Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
Bistorta amplexicaullis (D. Don) Green var. speciosa (Meisn) Muni et Jave	Exploring Threatened TK in Pakistan (Majid et al., 2019)
Persicaria amplexicaule D.Don	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
Persicaria amplexicaulis (D. Don) Ronse Decr.	High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
Polygonum amplexicaule	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Polygonum amplexicaule D. Don var. amplexicaule	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Polygonum amplexicaule D. Don var. sinense Forb. et Hemsl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Polygonum amplexicaule D. Don var. sinense Oliv	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Polygonum amplexicaule D. Don.	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Polygonum amplexicaule D.Don	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Polygonum amplexicaule Don	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Polygonum amplexicaule L	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)

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