Polygonaceae
Persicaria

Persicaria posumbu (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Gross

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 313 (1913)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to Russian Far East and Philippines. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a medicine.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC.
[UPFC]

Uses

Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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