Polygonaceae

Knotweed / buckwheat family

Draft · pending review

Knotweed / buckwheat family. Herbs with swollen leaf-node sheaths (ochreae); many are anthraquinone-rich laxatives or astringents.

Herbs in this family (2)

Rhubarb Rheum palmatum Yellow Dock Rumex crispus

Also in this family

Notable members not (yet) in the database.

Buckwheat
Japanese knotweed (resveratrol)
Yellow dock
Bistort
Sorrel