Botanical identity
This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.
KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderCaryophyllales
FamilyPolygonaceae
GenusPersicaria
Scientific name with authorshipPersicaria orientalis (L.) Spach
Indexed scientific synonyms
Amblygonum orientale (L.) NakaiAmblygonum orientale var. pilosum (Meisn.) NakaiAmblygonum orientale var. pilosum (Roxb. ex Meisn.) Nakai ex T.MoriAmblygonum pilosum (Meisn.) NakaiGoniaticum solitarium StokesHeptarina orientalis (L.) Raf.Lagunea cochinchinensis Lour.Lagunea orientalis (L.) NakaiLagunea orientalis var. pilosa (Roxb. ex Meisn.) NakaiPersicaria cochinchinensis (Lour.) Kitag.Persicaria orientale (L.) Vilm.Persicaria orientalis (L.) AssenovPersicaria orientalis (L.) H.Gross, 1913Persicaria orientalis E.Vilm.Persicaria pilosa (Meisn.) Kitag.Persicaria schroeteriana (Danser) SojákPolygonum altissimum MoenchPolygonum amoenum BlumePolygonum cochinchinense (Lour.) Meisn.Polygonum cordobense LindauPolygonum hirtum Willd.Polygonum hirtum Willd. ex Spreng.Polygonum inundatum Mart.Polygonum inundatum Mart. ex Meisn.Polygonum orientale L.Polygonum orientale var. cochinchinense (Lour.) DominPolygonum orientale var. discolor Benth.Polygonum orientale var. pilosum (Roxb. ex Meisn.) Meisn.Polygonum pilosum Roxb.Polygonum pilosum Roxb. ex Meisn.Polygonum pilosum Roxb. ex Wall.Polygonum schroeterianum DanserPolygonum spaethii DammerPolygonum speciosum Salisb.Polygonum subcordatum Miq.Polygonum torquatum BruijnPolygonum torquatum BruynPolygonum torquatum DeBruynReynoutria spaethii (Dammer) Moldenke
Documented use categories
Medicine
Human food
Environmental use
Poison reported
These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.
How to interpret this record
Evidence boundary
A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.
Safety boundary
Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.
Dataset record and provenance
DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier60455314-2
Use codesEU HF ME PO
Crop wild relativeNo
Contributing checklist sources
USDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2Useful Plants of New Guinea
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!Educational index, not a treatment recommendation
The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.