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Reynoutria multiflora

Botanic Family

Polygonaceae

Author

(Thunberg) Moldenke

Common Names

• He shou wu (Pinyin)
• Tsuru-dokudami (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Fujian
• S. Gansu
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hebei?
• Heilongjiang?
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• S Shaanxi
• Shandong
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Montane slopes & thickets

Flowering Times

• Jul-Oct (China)
• Sep-Oct (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Nov (China)

Tall perennial herbaceous glabrous dioecious twiner with tuberous rhizome, leaves 60mm x 45mm, terminal & axillary panicles to 200mm long to 4 flowers, pink, white or greenish 2mmx 7mm diameter flowers with bracts, trigonal fruit to 8mm, achenes black-brown to 3mm

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• JAA
• FOJ