Persicaria capitata (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Gross

 
  • Family : POLYGONACEAE
    (Buckwheat Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
  • Basionym : Polygonum capitatum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
  • Synonym(s) : Polygonum repens Meisn.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Persicaria capitata (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Gross
  • Common name : Pink Knotweed, Pink-head knotweed, Pink bubbles
  • Vernacular name :
    • Ratnyaule jhar (Nepali)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : A low trailing and rooting perennial, with broadly ovate leaves, and with erect, sparingly branched stems.
  • Key identification features : Perennial, creeping or trailing herbs; rootstock woody; Leaves ovate or broadly ovate, bifarious, sparsely pubescent or stipitate glandular, margin ciliate; stipules glandular hirsute; Flowers in terminal heads, pink or purplish; Nuts trigonous
  • Flower, Fruit : March-November
  • Distribution :
    • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : West Jaintia Hills (Jowai) district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Indo-China
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Literature :
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol.2.
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 345
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 241
    • Balakrishnan, N. P. (1983). Flora of Jowai Vol.2. Published BSI: 391
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 310-312
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Persicaria capitata. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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