Polygonaceae FAMILY

Reynoutria ciliinervis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Reynoutria ciliinervis is a climbing perennial plant growing from a tuberous rootstock. The much-branched stems are 2 - 4cm in diameter, scrambling over the ground and twining into the surrounding vgetation for support[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Cultivated in Japan as a spice plant for its spicy leaves; formerly cultivated for this purpose also in China and locally in Europe, where it was grown especially during war-times as a surrogate for pepper[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - eastern and central China, Korea

HabitatThickets in valleys, mountain slopes; at elevations from 200 - 2,700 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].