Fallopia multiflora




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