Kaakai karumba PRODUCT NAME
Persicaria chinesis (L.) Gross = Polygonum chinese Linn. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Kaakai karumba |
| Local Name: | Kaakai karumba (Kurumba); Tamil-Erumainaakuchedi |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
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| Product Description: | A straggling shrub Flower: In terminal corymbose panicles, white Fruit: A nutlet, trigonous, smooth, ripening dark blue. Seed rarely compressed, single and hard. Slender stems with reddish nodes, sour to taste |
| NTFP Classification: | Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Hills above 1200m by shola borders on thickets. Distributed along SE Asia |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | leaves, leaflets |
| Uses: | Leaves used to treat respiratory illnesses in elderly persons |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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