Flower in heads. No involucral leaf at base. Petioles not winged.(All this goes in favour of P. Nepalensis) Stems unarmed nut trigonous...(Hopefully) This is *Persicaria auriculata*.S.K.Dixit, Datta and Roy. One synonym is Pesicaria chinensis. Dr Satish Phadke
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > [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 > > -- > > > > --
