Plant Details

Accepted name:: Koenigia polystachya (Wall. ex Meisn.) T.M.Schust. & Reveal [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amahaldi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kholya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
多穗蓼	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polygonum polystachyum Wall. ex Meisn. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 61 (1832).
Aconogonon polystachyum (Wall. ex Meisn.) M.Král Preslia 41: 259 (1969).
Aconogonon polystachyum var. pubescens (Meisn.) P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 1: 686 (2018).
Koenigia polystachya var. longifolia (Hook.f.) S.S.Dash & Bhaumik in S.S.Dash & A.A.Mao (eds.), Fl. Pl. India Annot. Checkl. Dicot. 2: 401 (2020).
Persicaria polystachya (Wall. ex Meisn.) H.Gross Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 315 (1913), nom. illeg.
Persicaria wallichii Greuter & Burdet Willdenowia 19: 41 (1989).
Persicaria wallichii var. pubescens (Meisn.) Akeroyd Contr. Bot. Univ. "Babeş-Bolyai" Cluj-Napoca 48: 18 (2013).
Persicaria wallichii var. tomentosa S.P.Hong Pl. Syst. Evol. 186: 117 (1993).
Peutalis polystachya (Wall. ex Meisn.) Raf. New Fl. 4: 50 (1838).
Pleuropteropyrum hagei (Royle ex Bab.) Munshi & Javeid J. Econ. Taxon. Bot., Addit. Ser. 2: 79 (1986).
Pleuropteropyrum polystachyum (Wall. ex Meisn.) Munshi & Javeid J. Econ. Taxon. Bot., Addit. Ser. 2: 78 (1986).
Polygonum hagei Royle ex Bab. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 18: 110 (1838).
Polygonum molle Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1807 (1852), nom. illeg.
Polygonum polystachyum var. longifolium Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 51 (1886).
Polygonum polystachyum var. pubescens Meisn. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 61 (1832).
Reynoutria polystachya (Wall. ex Meisn.) Moldenke Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68: 675 (1941).
Rubrivena polystachya (Wall. ex Meisn.) M.Král Preslia 57: 66 (1985).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Koenigia polystachya (Wall. ex Meisn.) T.M.Schust. & Reveal	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Polygonum polystachyum Wall. ex Meisn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Polygonum polystachyum Wall. ex Meisn. var. polystachyum	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Polygonum polystachyum Wall. ex Meissn.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonum polystachyum Wallich	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polygonum polystachyus Wall. ex Meissn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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