
Family: Polygonaceae
Synonyms: Persicaria densiflora (Meisn.) Moldenke, Persicaria portoricensis (Bertero ex Small) Small, Polygonum densiflorum Meisn.,Polygonum glabrum Willd., Polygonum glabrum Cham. & Schltdl., Polygonum mexlcanum Small, Polygonum portoricense Bertero ex Small, Polygonum portoricense Bertero ex Endl., Polygonum segetum var. verrucosum Stanford
Common name: Denseflower Knotweed, Common marsh buckwheat
Marathi: Sheral
Tamil: Attalaree, Sivappu Kumbakodaal
Malayalam: Chavanna mudela mukkum
Kannada: Niru kanigalu
Bengali: Bihagni
Assamese: Lalborna, Ranga bihalogoni
Mizo: Chakaifu
Chinese: 光蓼
Sanskrit, Gujarati: Rakta-rohidaa
Plant juice and rootstock—used in pneumonia, consumption, jaundice, fevers. Leaf—antispasmodic. Used for colic. The leaves contain flavonoids— quercetin, rhamnetin, quercitrin, avicularin and rutin. Flowers contain pigments, delphinidin-3,5-diglucosideand cyanidin-3,5-diglucoside and quercetin. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
21 Published articles of Persicaria glabra