Polygonum nepalense Meisn.

 
  • Family : POLYGONACEAE
    (Buckwheat Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Cephalophilon nepalense (Meisn.) Tzvelev; Polygonum alatum var. nepalense (Meisn.) Hook.f.; Truellum nepalense (Meisn.) P.D.Sell; Persicaria alata (D.Don) Nakai; Persicaria alata var. violascens Nakai; Persicaria lyrata (Nakai) Nakai; Persicaria nepalensis f. adenothrix (Nakai) Hiyama; Persicaria nepalensis var. kumaona (Subba Rao & Kumari) S.S.Dash & Bhaumik; Persicaria perforata (Meisn.) H.Gross; Polygonum alatum (D.Don) Buch.-Ham. ex Spreng.; Polygonum alatum var. adenothrix Nakai; Polygonum alatum var. arenarium Hook.f.; Polygonum alatum var. metzianum Hook.f.; Polygonum alatum var. parviflorum Hook.f.; Polygonum alatum var. rigidulum Hook.f.; Polygonum alatum var. tenuicaule Hook.f.; Polygonum capitatum Korth. ex Meisn.; Polygonum guttuliferum Miq. ex Meisn.; Polygonum kumaonum Subba Rao & Kumari; Polygonum lyratum Nakai; Polygonum metzianum Miq.; Polygonum microcephalum Hassk.; Polygonum nepalense var. adenothrix Nakai; Polygonum nepalense var. kumaonum (Subba Rao & Kumari) R.C.Srivast.; Polygonum perforatum Meisn.; Polygonum perforatum Aitch.; Polygonum perforatum var. laevigatum Meisn.; Polygonum punctatum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Polygonum punctatum var. alatum D.Don; Polygonum quadrifidum Hayata
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Persicaria nepalensis (Meisn.) Miyabe
  • Common name : Nepal Persicaria
  • Vernacular name :
    • Cherumukkala (Malayalam)
    • Kangani machan-pillu (Tamil)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Shola
  • Comments / notes : Often a weed of cultivation, along streams
  • Flower, Fruit : September-February
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Idukki district, Kottayam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Satara district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Shevaroy Hills, Yercaud Hills (Salem district), Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Kanyakumari district, The Nilgiri district, Theni district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Afghanistan, Himalayas, India, China, Japan, Malesia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 2.Gage 1903
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 314
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Polygonum nepalense. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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