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Polygonum cognatum
Indian knotgrass (madimak) is a low, creeping perennial herb in the buckwheat family, grown and gathered as a leafy edible green, especially in Turkey. It thrives in dry, rocky, sunny ground and is easy to keep if it gets good drainage and little water.
Polygonum cognatum, commonly called Indian knotgrass or madimak (from Turkish madımak), is an edible weedy creeping perennial herb in the genus Polygonum, frequently eaten by people of Turkey. It has larger leaves than most other species of Polygonum.
Irano-Turanian Region or Iran-Turan Plant Geography Region element, grows between 760 and 5600 meters elevation on rocky and drier slopes; distribution: Central to Western Asia, Turkey, Caucasia (Georgia), Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The madimak is a weed found in both agricultural and non-agricultural areas.
The madimak is one of the widely known traditional edible plants in Turkey particularly Central Anatolia Region. To be able to compensate increasing demand easily and supply the plant to the markets, farmers started cultivating madimak in Central Anatolia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polygonum cognatum 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.
