Pan India Bouquets

Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H.Gross

Family : Polygonaceae
(Buckwheat Family)
Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
Basionym : Polygonum perfoliatum L.
Synonym(s) : Ampelygonum perfoliatum (L.) Roberty & Vautier; Fagopyrum perfoliatum (L.) Raf.; Polygonum paucifoliatum Gand.; Tracaulon perfoliatum (L.) Greene; Truellum perfoliatum (L.) Soják
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H.Gross
Common name : Mile-A-Minute Vine, Mile-a-minute weed, Devil's tail, Giant climbing tearthumb
Vernacular name : Ghumaauro Kaandaa, Amilo Piure Laharo, Baakhre Aankhlaa, Phaaphre Jhaar (Nepali); Chepamullu kura (Telugu)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Marshy ground in dry valleys of Himalayas, at altitudes of 100 - 2300 m.
Comments / notes : Fruits are edible (He et al. 1984) also used as herbal medicine (He et al. 1984, Yang & Kim 1993).
Flower, Fruit : May-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
Native : Amur, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Khabarovsk, Korea, Malaya, Manchuria, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Primorye, Sakhalin, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : North-East Turkey to Russian Far East and New Guinea and Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Virginia, West Virginia
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 208; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 160; Prakasa Rao and Satish K.V., (2016). Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross (Polygonaceae): A species new to Eastern Ghats of India. Tropical Plant Research 3(2): 249-252
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Persicaria perfoliata. Downloaded on 1 June 2023.

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