✿Polygonaceae · Polygonum
Polygonum dichotomum
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir & more
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.
Botanical family
Polygonaceae
Buckwheat/Knotweed family
Polygonum dichotomum belongs to the Polygonaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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