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Bistorta manshuriensis
Also called Manchurian Bistort
Bistorta manshuriensis is a perennial herbaceous plant in the buckwheat family, native to mountain valleys and lowlands of Korea, Japan and nearby Asia, growing 30 to 80 cm tall. Its name is unresolved, so treat it as a proposed species; it is grown mainly in gardens and used in Korean traditional medicine rather than as a common ornamental.
Bistorta manshuriensis (Hangul: 범꼬리), Asian bistort, is an unresolved name for a proposed flowering plant species in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae. It is a perennial herbaceous plant found in mountain valleys and lowlands in Korea and Japan. It grows well in sunny or slightly shaded places. It grows up to 30 centimetres (12 in) - 80 centimetres (31 in).
The plant contains tannins and flavonoids. Their roots are used in Korean traditional medicine for treating diarrhoea and bleeding.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bistorta manshuriensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
