Polygonum pulchrum Blume [family POLYGONACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 4
Names
Polygonum acuminatum null [family POLYGONACEAE]
Polygonum pulchrum Blume [family POLYGONACEAE]
Polygonum tomentosum Willd. [family POLYGONACEAE]
Common names
GUINEA-BISSAU: FULA-PULAAR (Guinea-Bissau) nhara (JDES; EPdS) SIERRA LEONE: MANDING-MANDINKA memenj˚a (NWT) SUSU filiraiembe (NWT) TEMNE ka-sun-ka-ro-bat (NWT) NIGERIA: HAUSA bìì-dà-rúwá (JMD)
Uses
(leaf) Food: general (leaf) Food: sauces, condiments, spices, flavourings (leaf) Medicines: blood disorders (leaf) Medicines: arthritis, rheumatism, etc. (leaf) Medicines: venereal diseases (plant-ash) Medicines: skeletal structure (leaf) Medicines: dropsy, swellings, oedema, gout (root) Medicines: heart (plant-ash) Phytochemistry: salt and substitutes Agri-horticulture: weeds, parasites ((stock)) Agri-horticulture: fodder ((cattle)) Agri-horticulture: veterinary medicine Agri-horticulture: indicators (soil, water) Social: religion, superstitions, magic
Description
An herbaceous perennial with stems to 1∙75 m long from a woody root-stock, of swamps and rivers and damp sites, recorded fairly commonly from Guinea-Bissau to S Nigeria, and occurring widespread in tropical Africa and Asia. Notwithstanding the reduction o
References
References:1. Bakshi 102, K. 2. Burkill, IH, 1935: 1793. 3. Dalziel, 1937: 32, as P. acuminatum. 4. Glanville 256, K. 5. Glover & al. 174, K. 6. Koritschoner 594, K. 7. Krishnamurthi, 1969: 202. 8. Robson 76, K. 9. Robyns, 1948,c: 418–20, as P. acuminatum
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Polygonum pulchrum Blume [family POLYGONACEAE]
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