Polygonum plebeium

Polygonum plebeium is a much-branched, prostrate annual plant with stems 4 - 45cm long. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Uses

Bowel complaints.

Parts Used

Leaves, stem, leaves, Root.

Chemical Composition

It contais Alkaloids, Glycosides, Flavonoids, Volatile oils, tannins, resins, coumarins, and lignans, have also been isolated from Polygoneae species etc.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	ಕೆಂಪು ನೆಲ ಅಕ್ಕಿ Kempu nela akki, ಸೀರನಿಗೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು Siranige soppu
Hindi	Chimati saag, Lal buti
Malayalam	Peraraththa
Tamil
Telugu	Chimati kura
Marathi	Gulabi godhadi
Gujarathi	Jhinko okharad
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit	Sarpakshi, Sarpalochana
English	Common knotweed, Small knotweed

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Annual

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature

Flower

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Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information

Other features

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

When growing in dry places the leaves are said to develop a bitter flavour.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Rocky ground, Drying mudflats along lakes.

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External Links

• Polygonum plebeium on flowersofindia.net
• Polygonum plebeium on indiabiodiversity.org