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lalborna (in Assamese)

Polygonaceae (knotweed, smartweed, or buckwheat family) » Persicaria glabra

 

per-sih-KAR-ee-uh -- medieval name referring to the likeness of the leaves to a peach tree

GLAY-bruh or GLAB-ruh -- smooth, without hair

 

commonly known as: common marsh buckwheat, denseflower knotweed • Assamese: lalborna, patharua, ranga bihalogoni • Kannada: ನೀರು ಕಣಿಗಳು niru kanigalu • Konkani: सिसोरी sisori • Malayalam: sckoranna mudela mucca • Marathi: शेरल sheral • Mizo: chakaifu • Nepali: seto pire • Tamil: ஆற்றலரி arralari

 

Native to: tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa, and perhaps tropical Americas

 

 

References: Flowers of IndiaPIERFlowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar

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Uploaded on November 21, 2010
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