Persicaria chinensis (L.) H.Gross (= Polygonum chinense L.)

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 143

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scientific name	Persicaria chinensis (L.) H.Gross (= Polygonum chinense L.)
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Names.

Myanmar: boktaung, wetkyein, maha-gar-kyan-sit. English: Chinese knotweed, Chinese smartweed.

Range.

North temperate. Found in China, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sikkim, Thailand, and Vietnam. In Myanmar found in Ayeyarwady, Bago, Kachin, Mandalay, and Yangon.

Use.

Whole plant: Used as an antiscorbutic.

Note.

Medicinal uses of this species in China are discussed in Duke and Ayensu (1985).

Reference.

Nordal (1963).