Polygonum dichotomum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir & more
How to identify Polygonum dichotomum
Identify Polygonum dichotomum by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Repeatedly forked (dichotomous) branching.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point).
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Polygonaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Polygonum dichotomum.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Polygonum dichotomum
- Genus
- Polygonum
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Tropical Asia, Australia
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, China, Malesia, Australia, Indo-China
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Maharashtra, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Ladakh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Bihar, Delhi, Mizoram, Puducherry, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chandigarh, Haryana, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Polygonum dichotomum itself; the rest are typical of the Polygonaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Typical of the Polygonaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Polygonum dichotomum
A member of the Polygonaceae family, Polygonum dichotomum is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and 30 other states.
Polygonaceae
Buckwheat/Knotweed family
Polygonum dichotomum belongs to the Polygonaceae family.
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