Family | Polygonaceae |
Subfamily | Polygonoideae |
Scientific name | Fallopia multiflora (Thunb.) Haraldson |
Synonyms | Aconogonon hypoleucum (Nakai ex Ohwi) Soják; Bilderdykia multiflora (Thunberg) Roberty & Vautier; Fagopyrum multiflorum (Thunberg) I. Grintzescu; Fallopia multiflora (Thunberg ex Murray) Haraldson; Fallopia multiflora (Thunberg ex Murray) Haraldson var. angulatum S. Y. Liu; Fallopia multiflora (Thunberg ex Murray) Haraldson var. hypoleuca (Nakai ex Ohwi) Yonekura & H. Ohashi; Helxine multiflora (Thunberg) Rafinesque; Pleuropterus cordatus (Thunberg) Turczaninow; Pleuropterus multiflorus (Thunberg) Nakai; Polygonum hypoleucum Nakai ex Ohwi; Polygonum multiflorum Thunberg; Polygonum multiflorum Thunberg var. angulatum S. Y. Liu; Polygonum multiflorum Thunberg var. hypoleucum (Nakai ex Ohwi) T. S. Liu et al.; Preuropterus multiflorus (Thunberg) Turczaninow ex Nakai; Reynoutria multiflora (Thunberg) Moldenke |
Common name | (Japanese common name) turu-dokudami (ツルドクダミ, 蔓毒痛 [meaning: detoxicant vine]) |
(English common name) Chinese knotweed, tuber fleeceflower | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) [native] China | |
Habitat | Field, forest edge, riverside, seaside |
Chromosomal number | 2n=22 |
Description | Plants 50-80cm long. Leaves 3-9cm long. Flowers white perianths ca. 3mm long, flowering in August to October. Vine. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Fallopia multiflora (Thunb.) Haraldson |
Fallopia multiflora var. multiflora | |
Note | Naturalized plants (introduced at Nagasaki in 1720) |
October 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |