| Fallopia multiflora | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Fallopia |
| Species: | F. multiflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Fallopia multiflora (Thunb.) Haraldson |
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Fallopia multiflora (Chinese Knotweed; Chinese: 何首乌; he shou wu) is a species of Fallopia native to central and southern China.[1][2]
It is also known as polygonum multiflorum, and is predominantly referred to as such in Pubmed.
It is a herbaceous perennial vine growing to 2–4 m tall from a woody tuber. The leaves are 3–7 cm long and 2–5 cm broad, broad arrowhead-shaped, with an entire margin. The flowers are 6–7 mm diameter, white or greenish-white, produced on short, dense panicles up to 10–20 cm long in summer to mid autumn. The fruit is an achene 2.5–3 mm long.[1]
It is also commonly used in chinese medicine acting as a MAOI for dimethyltryptamine (DMT) to other plants such as Mucuna, Banisteriopsis caapi (Which is often used in a tea brew called Ayahuasca), and Psychotria viridis.