Plant Details

Accepted name:

Polygonum plebeium R.Br. [Polygonaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bachangesoppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baluni sag	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bethe	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bose	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dondya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu nela akki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu nellakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu nellanakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalbuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
latte jhar	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
liguru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maseno sag	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nene	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
rani phal	Other	Med. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
sain sag	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
saranige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarpaksi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarpalocana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seeranige soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sukul jhar	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tamkh jhar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 44 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Avicularia indica Didr. Bot. Not. 1850: 187 (1850).
Persicaria minutiflora (Nakai) Nakai in T.Mori, Enum. Pl. Corea: 133 (1922).
Pleuropteropyrum minutiflorum (Nakai) Nakai Rep. Exped. Manchoukuo Sect. IV 4: 78 (1936).
Polygonum alpestre Heldr. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 594 (1857), not validly publ.
Polygonum anomalum Bruijn in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 311 (1854).
Polygonum aviculare var. minutiflorum Franch. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 7: 60 (1884).
Polygonum changii Kitag. J. Jap. Bot. 40: 54 (1965).
Polygonum ciliosum Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 95 (1856).
Polygonum cliffortioides Meisn. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 62 (1832).
Polygonum coronulatum Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 375 (1841), not validly publ.
Polygonum dryandri Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 2: 255 (1825).
Polygonum elegans W.T.Aiton Hortus Kew. 2: 419 (1811).
Polygonum exiguum Meisn. Monogr. Polyg.: 90 (1826).
Polygonum franchetii Vorosch. Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 66: 62 (1967).
Polygonum herniarioides Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 2: 256 (1825), nom. illeg.
Polygonum herniarioides Delile Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): t. 61 (1813).
Polygonum herniarioides var. illecebroides Meisn. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 62 (1832).
Polygonum herniarioides var. prostratum Meisn. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 62 (1832).
Polygonum humifusum var. mandshuricum Skvortsov in A.I.Baranov & B.V.Skvortsov, Diagn. Pl. Nov. Mandsh.: 4 (1943).
Polygonum hyssopifolium Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 271 (1837), nom. nud.
Polygonum illecebroides Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 94 (1856).
Polygonum indicum Roth Nov. Pl. Sp.: 208 (1821).
Polygonum linifolium B.Heyne ex Roth Nov. Pl. Sp.: 207 (1821), nom. illeg.
Polygonum micranthemum Franch. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 29 (1886), not validly publ.
Polygonum minutiflorum Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 25: 63 (1911).
Polygonum miquelianum Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 92 (1856).
Polygonum parviflorum Y.L.Chang & S.X.Li Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 2: 31 (1959), nom. illeg.
Polygonum perrottetii Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 94 (1856).
Polygonum plebeium var. brevifolium Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 28 (1886).
Polygonum plebeium subsp. changii (Kitag.) Vorosch. in A.K.Skvortsov (ed.), Florist. Issl. Razn. Raionakh SSSR: 164 (1985).
Polygonum plebeium var. elegans (W.T.Aiton) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 29 (1886).
Polygonum plebeium var. griffithii Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 29 (1886).
Polygonum plebeium var. indicum (Roth) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 28 (1886).
Polygonum plebeium var. longifolium (Meisn.) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 233 (2003).
Polygonum plebeium var. micranthemum Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 29 (1886).
Polygonum plebeium var. miquelianum (Meisn.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 29 (1886).
Polygonum plebeium var. polyneurum Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 29 (1886), nom. superfl.
Polygonum plebeium var. scindicum Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 29 (1886).
Polygonum prostratum Roxb. ex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 72 (1825), not validly publ.
Polygonum pulchrum F.Dietr. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 6: 451 (1820), nom. superfl.
Polygonum roxburghii Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 93 (1856).
Polygonum roxburghii var. longifolium Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 93 (1856).
Polygonum styligerum Bruijn in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 311 (1854).
Polygonum tropicum K.Koch Linnaea 22: 205 (1849).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polygonum plebeium Brown	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polygonum plebeium R. Br.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Polygonum plebeium R.Br.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonum plebejum R. Brown	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Polygonum plebeum R Br.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)

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