Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve

 
  • Family : POLYGONACEAE
    (Buckwheat Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Bilderdykia convolvulus (L.) Dumort.; Bilderdykia convolvulus var. pumilio Lunell; Fagopyrum carinatum Moench; Fagopyrum convolvulus (L.) Gross; Fagopyrum volubile Gilib.; Fallopia convolvulus var. subalatum (Lej. & Courtois) D.H.Kent; Helxine convolvulus (L.) Raf.; Polygonum convolvulaceum Lam.; Polygonum convolvuliforme St.-Lag.; Polygonum convolvulus L.; Polygonum convolvulus var. cristatum Kuntze; Polygonum convolvulus var. erectum Farw.; Polygonum convolvulus f. glabrum Kuntze; Polygonum convolvulus f. puberulum Kuntze; Polygonum convolvulus f. pubescens Kuntze; Polygonum infestum Salisb.; Polygonum striatum Dulac; Reynoutria convolvulus (L.) Shinners; Tiniaria convolvulus (L.) Webb & Moq.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
  • Common name : Black-bindweed, Wild buckwheat
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Thickets in valleys, stream banks; 100-3600 m
  • Comments / notes : Weed of roadsides and cultivation fields
  • Flower, Fruit : May-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
  • Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., China, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Macaronesia to North Africa, Temperate Eurasia and Greenland, South-East Africa, South and North America
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 207
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 169
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Fallopia convolvulus. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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