Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Polygonaceae | Genus: Polygonum | Species: Persicaria chinensis (L.) H. Gross |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Polygonum chinense L. | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Common Marsh Buchwheat | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Common Marsh Buchwheat | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Angom Yensil | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1400 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Achenes included in persistent perianth, black, opaque, broadly ovoid, trigonous, 3-4 mm |
| Habitat | Occurs along river banks and marshy areas | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, China, Afghanistan, Malesia and Japan | Bark Details | Stems erect, 70-100 cm tall, ligneous at base, much branched, striate, glabrous or retrorsely hispid |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Herbs/shrub perennial. Rhizomes stout. Stems erect, 70-100 cm tall, ligneous at base, much branched, striate, glabrous or retrorsely hispid. Petiole 1-2 cm, usually auriculate at base, upper leaves subsessile; leaf blade ovate, elliptic, or lanceolate, 4-16 × 1.5-8 cm, both surfaces glabrous or hispid, abaxially sometimes pubescent along veins, base truncate or broadly cordate, margin entire, apex shortly acuminate; ocrea tubular, 1.5-2.5 cm, membranous, glabrous, much veined, apex oblique, not ciliate | Leaf Details | Leaves subsessile; leaf blade ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, 4-16 × 1.5-8 cm both surfaces glabrous or hispid, abaxially sometimes pubescent along veins, base truncate or broadly cordate, margin entire, apex shortly acuminate; ocrea tubular, 1.5-2.5 cm |
