EPPO Global Database

Persicaria tinctoria(POLTI)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-03-11

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: POLTI
  • Preferred name: Persicaria tinctoria
  • Authority: (Aiton) Spach

Notes

China. Formerly cultivated as a dye plant. Introduced in Ukraine, Russian Far East, Indochina (Vietnam), Korea, Taiwan  


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Polygonum tinctorium Aiton

Common names
Name Language
Chinese indigo English
Japanese indigo English
Färberknöterich German
persicaire à indigo French
renouée des teinturiers French
índigo Spanish
indigo chino Spanish
indaco cinese Italian
anileira-da-china Portuguese
anileira-da-índia Portuguese
färgpilört Swedish
japansk indigo Swedish
kinesisk indigo Swedish
горец красильный Russian
китайское индиго Russian
liǎo lán Chinese
蓼蓝 Chinese
Korean
jjok Korean