| Accepted name: |
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Gray |
| Synonym(s): |
-Polygonum lapathifolium pallidum (With.) Fries
-Polygonum lapathifolium ovatum A. Braun
-Polygonum lapathifolium nodosum (Pers.) Small
-Polygonum lapathifolium incanum (F.W. Schmidt) W.D.J. Koch
-Polygonum incarnatum Ell.
-Polygonum incanum F.W. Schmidt
-Polygonum scabrum Moench
-Polygonum lapathifolium var. prostratum C.F.H. Wimmer
-Polygonum lapathifolium L.
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| English names: |
Harsh Knotweed
Green Smartweed
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| French names: |
Renouée scabre
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Polygonales
Family: Polygonaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPERLA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
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: |
Cold infusion of plant used as ceremonial chant lotion(*19). Infusion of whole plant used for fever(*55). Decoction of root taken as an emetic and purgative(*56)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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