Polygonum strigosum R.Br.

 
  • Family : POLYGONACEAE
    (Buckwheat Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Tracaulon strigosum (R.Br.) Greene; Truellum strigosum (R.Br.) Soják; Persicaria subsagittata (De Wild.) Shao F.Chen & Bo Li; Polygonum arifolium Spreng.; Polygonum bodinieri H.Lév. & Vaniot; Polygonum hispidulum Blume; Polygonum horridum Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.; Polygonum muricatum Wall.; Polygonum pedunculare var. subsagittatum De Wild.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Persicaria strigosa (R.Br.) Nakai
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Wet places along streams
  • Key identification features : Suberect to ascending herbs, up to 1 m long, prickly; prickles more at nodes; Leaves ovate-oblong to lanceolate, truncate or hastate at base, pubescent beneath, margin ciliate; Flowers in globose spikes on simple or branched peduncles, pinkish white; Nuts trigonous.
  • Flower, Fruit : October-November
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Alappuzha district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
    • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district, Dindigul district, Theni district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, China, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Free State, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Queens
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Tropical himalyas, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malay Archipelago, China
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamilnadu, India vol. 2.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 316
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Polygonum strigosum. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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