| Accepted name: |
Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Opiz |
| Synonym(s): |
-Polygonum hydropiper L.
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| English names: |
Marsh-pepper Smartweed
Water-pepper
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| French names: |
Renouée poivre-d'eau
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Polygonales
Family: Polygonaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPERHY
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
In Indo-China a medicinal plant which is considered poisonous(1). Taken for painful urination. Infusion mixed with meal used as poultice for pain. Infusion of root given to children for diarrhea. Used as a poultice for "swelled and inflamed parts"(*7)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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