Polygonaceae
Chinese knotweed
Persicaria chinensis
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Persicaria
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- بطباط صيني
- arz
- بطباط صينى
- Assamese
- মধুসোলেং
- Burmese
- မဟာကာကျွဲရေ, မဟာကာပင်
- Chinese
- 火炭母草, 清飯藤, 火炭母, 晕药, 火炭母草根, 胖根藤, 野辣蓼
- English
- Chinese knotweed
- German
- Ampelygonum chinense
- Japanese
- ツルソバ
- lzh
- 火炭母
- Malayalam
- തിരുതാന്നി
- Persian
- پرسیکاریا چینی
- pwn
- Ljamudu
- shn
- မႁႃႇၵႃႇၼင်ၵႂၢႆး, တူၼ်ႈယႃႈၽူၼ်ႇၽိၼ်ႇ
- Thai
- พญาดง
Synonyms
- Polygonum chinense L.
Photos
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.