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Polygonum multiflorum (Fo-Ti)

Pleuropterus multiflorus is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae native to central and southern China, Hainan, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Thailand. It is known by the English common names tuber fleeceflower and Chinese (climbing) knotweed. It is known as he shou wu (何首烏) in China and East Asia. Another name for the species is fo-ti, which is a misnomer.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Reynoutria multiflora
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Reynoutria
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Caryophyllales
Hardiness: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7558985