Persicaria muricata (Meisn.) Nemoto

 
  • Family : POLYGONACEAE
    (Buckwheat Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Polygonum muricatum Meisn.; Polygonum strigosum var. muricatum (Meisn.) Steward; Tracaulon muricatum (Meisn.) Greene; Truellum muricatum (Meisn.) Soják
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Persicaria muricata (Meisn.) Nemoto
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Creeping or rambling herbs, up to 80 cm long; stem and branches quadrangular, sparsely scabrid; Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong; stipules glabrous, ciliate; Flowers in heads on glandular hispid peduncles, white; Nuts ovoid, smooth.
  • Flower, Fruit : August- December
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri
  • Native : China, Bhutan, India, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Laos, Manchuria, Nepal, Philippines, Primorye, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : China, Bhutan, India, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Laos, Manchuria, Nepal, Philippines, Primorye, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 313
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Persicaria muricata. Downloaded on 9 December 2024.

India Distribution

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