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Medicinal Plant TaxID: 54804

Persicaria chinensis

Family: Polygonaceae • Common: Chinese Knot Weed; Chinese Knotweed; Tongue of buffalo
21 Compounds Bangladesh; China; Himalayas; India; Japan; Malaya; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Sumatera; Thailand; Tibet; Vietnam

Overview

Species Persicaria chinensis
Habit Herb or climber; Shrub
Habitat Evergreen; semi-evergreen and Tropical moist deciduous forests; semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
Distribution (India)
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