Weed Herbarium

Bishkatali

Common Name: Marshpepper knotweed
Scientific Name: Polygonum hydropiper L.
Family Name: Polygonaceae
Type: Broadleaf

Identification Notes

EPPO Code

POLHY

Life Cycle

Annual

Morphology

Stem: erect or ascending branched, hirsute with spreading hairs and glands. Leaves: lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, shortly petiolated, acuminate, strigose, stipules short, hirsute. Inflorescence: racemes, erect; flower red in colour. Fruit: a nut

Growing season

Rabi

Germination period

October to January

Flowering period

November to March

Propagation

By seed

Habitat

Found in the leaves of winter crops specially that of boro rice, homesteads, roadsides and fallow lands.

Department of Agronomy

Bangladesh Agricultural University

Bishkatali

EPPO Code

Life Cycle

Morphology

Growing season

Germination period

Flowering period

Propagation

Habitat

Weed potential

Control measure

Recommended herbicide

Distribution

Medicinal properties

References