[image: ... Kas skyline]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8035015844%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDVdj__6tKTqSABRfvEGMun25Rew> Kas plateau ... about 4000 ft asl ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India ------------------------------ 19 OCT 07 * Persicaria chinensis * (L.) H. Gross ... (family: Polygonaceae) *per-sih-KAR-ee-uh* -- medieval name referring to the likeness of the leaves to a peach tree ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DPersicaria&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf7bE7Ne3AxC5HhMzjdE7qZTaLZRQ> *chi-NEN-sis* -- of or from China ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dchinensis&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc1VWqF4JQUq81h7J8PmvyuDAX3tw>
*commonly known as*: Chinese knotweed, red bush • *Assamese*: kelnap • * Hindi*: जंगली पालक jungali palak • *Khasi*: jaryndem • *Konkani*: रानसिसोरी ransisori • *Malayalam*: piripu • *Manipuri*: অংগোম য়েন্সিল angom yensil • * Marathi*: परळ paral • *Mizo*: thaham • *Nepalese*: कुकुर् ठोट्ने kukur thotne *Native of*: China, e Asia, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia; naturalized elsewhere *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FChinese%2520Knotweed.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeFuANhzpqiIM6iflndF29eZOBl6A>• ENVIS - FRLHT<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fenvis.frlht.org%2Fplant_details.php%3Fdisp_id%3D2566&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdBHVy2syBtP-qHtRS2gyMZtGNADA>• NPGS / GRIN<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F416899&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeReZl_-b9r0uhTZYBIbznrPHd_yw>• PIER<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hear.org%2FPier%2Fspecies%2Fpersicaria_chinensis.htm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzd0kLfpAhu_LHNDskn66uKYR-4zfw>• eFlora<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.efloras.org%2Fflorataxon.aspx%3Fflora_id%3D5%26taxon_id%3D242100092&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeKcJByGWCweoSapUhXIZD2ItuEpw> [image: Ransisori (Konkani: रानसिसोरी)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1652033933%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzddsrmDrIoUUvjDMPSWGzOuxo3QmA> [image: Paral (Marathi: परळ)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1652882542%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzey3UoeS352LmirvOX3jnv9-frh8Q> [image: Persicaria chinensis (L.) H. Gross]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1652928184%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfDqZUN9593PP2ex2AY--dszvxajg> Regards. Dinesh --
