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Persicaria chinensis
Also called Creeping Smartweed
In Singapore: Chinese Knotweed, Sembuluh, 火炭母 (Grown in Singapore)
Persicaria chinensis is a perennial climbing herb from tropical and subtropical Asia, growing 2 to 3 m high with white or pink flowers and sour, edible berries. It is a plant of warm, humid conditions and is not commonly grown as a garden or houseplant.
Persicaria chinensis (synonym Polygonum chinense), commonly known as creeping smartweed or Chinese knotweed, is a plant species from the family Polygonaceae.
It is widespread across China, Japan, the Indian Subcontinent, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Persicaria chinensis 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.
