Is it Polygonum aviculare ?

[taffa...@gmail.com]

Dear members,

I am posting photos of a common knotweed of Srinagar which I think is P.aviculare.

It is a very common weed in lawns. Kindly confirm the ID.

Regards

Taffazull

[Saroj Kasaju]

I guess the ID is correct !

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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[taffa...@gmail.com]

Dear Saroj ji,

Thanks a lot for confirming the ID

Regards

Taffazull

[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes it is P. aviculare.

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Dear Gurcharanji,

Thanks for confirming the ID

With sincere regards

Taffazull

[J.M. Garg]

Yes, appears close to images at 
https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/po/polygonaceae/polygonum/polygonum-aviculare-1

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With regards,
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[taffa...@gmail.com]

Dear Garg ji,

Thanks for confirmation

With sincere regards

Taffazull

[Saroj Kasaju]

Thank you Mr. Garg !

Saroj Kasaju

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Would like to add the following information :

Kashmiri name of P.avinculare is "Drab". Walter R Lawrence in his book "The Valley of Kashmir" (page 72)has made the following 

remark . " Drab (Polygonum sp.) is eaten boiled with milk."   I tasted the leaves and found that  they were not bitter. Thus the assertion that the herb "rau dang" (literally bitter herb} of Vietnam is P.avinculare is wrong. Rau dang  most probably is Bacopa monnieri (Brahmi) which is bitter as rightly asserted by a supplier on his website. With the easy availability of commercially cultivated vegetables Drab is no longer used as a  food in Kashmir.

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Taffazul ji, for the interesting inf.

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