Plant Details

Accepted name:

Persicaria chinensis (L.) H.Gross [Polygonaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies:

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Persicaria chinensis var. chinensis

Persicaria chinensis var. hispida (Hook.f.) Kantachot

Persicaria chinensis var. ovalifolia (Meisn.) H.Hara

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilee cheenee kanigalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilee kanagilu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilee konde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bili cheenee kanigalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilichini-gangalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilikonde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinese knotweed	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chokkattan karumbu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fàn lī	Other	Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013)
huo tan mu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
huo tan mu cao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
huotanmu	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
jangli palak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaabasale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanne gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
meyena wel	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
paral	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piripu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ran-sisori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
surala soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wǔ tǔn	Other	Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013)
මියෙන වැල්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
火炭母	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013)
Whole plant, Rhizome		Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
leaves		Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
whole plant		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

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

synonym
Polygonum chinense L. Sp. Pl.: 363 (1753).
Ampelygonum chinense (L.) Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 62 (1838).
Cephalophilon chinense (L.) Borodina Konsp. Sosud. Rast. Fl. V'etnama 2: 145 (1996).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Persicaria chinensis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Persicaria chinensis (L.) H. Gross	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Persicaria chinensis (L.) H.Gross	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Polygonum chinense	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Polygonum chinense L.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonum chinensis L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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