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Persicaria chinensis

Botanic Family

Polygonaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) H. Gross

Common Names

• Tsuru-soba (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Hainan
• Taiwan
• Xizang - China
• India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda islands - Indonesia
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Is.
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• hedges
• wasteland
• mountains
• forest
• clearings
• secondary vegetation

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Sometimes scandent or decumbent glabrous perennial scrambling herb to 3m with glabrous or sparsely hairy stems. Leaves to 100mm x 60mm either glabrous or with a few fleshy hairs on nerves beneath. Erect terminal panicles or corymbs with bracts to 3mm long, white or pink flowers to 3mm x 4mm. Black trigonous achenes 2.5mm long.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOJ
• GBS
• FONG