Polygonum emodi Meisn.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Polygonum

Characteristics

Subshrubs tufted, 10-25 cm tall, much branched. Branches creeping, rooting from nodes; bark black-brown; branchlets erect, simple. Petiole short; leaf blade gray-green abaxially, green adaxially, narrowly lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, 3-15 × 0.3-3.5 cm, longer than internodes, abaxially midvein prominent, adaxially midvein large, slightly immersed, lateral veins conspicuous, base narrowly cuneate, margin conspicuously revolute, apex acute; ocrea tubular, 2-5 cm, membranous, apex acute, dehiscent, not ciliate. Inflorescence terminal, spicate, lax, 2-6 cm, 7-8 mm in diam.; bracts brown, ovate, membranous, apex acuminate, each 1-or 2-flowered. Pedicels longer than bracts, slender. Perianth purple-red, 5-parted; tepals broadly elliptic, 3-3.5 mm. Stamens 8, included. Styles 3, connate to below middle; stigmas capitate. Achenes included in persistent perianth, brown, dull, ovoid, trigonous, ca. 3 mm.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.2
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Germination duration (days) 21 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Polygonum emodi world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:695693-1
WFO ID wfo-0001101821
COL ID 4L9BW
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Synonyms

Polygonum emodi Bistorta emodi Polygonum emodi var. emodi

Lower taxons

Polygonum emodi var. dependens