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A variegated variety of Japanese knotweed, used as a landscape plant. Japanese knotweed flowers are valued by some beekeepers as an important source of nectar for honeybees, at a time of year when little else is flowering. Japanese knotweed yields a monofloral honey, usually called bamboo honey by northeastern U.S. beekeepers, like a mild ...
Reynoutria is a genus of flowering plants in the Polygonaceae, also known as the knotweed or buckwheat family.The genus is native to eastern China, Eastern Asia and the Russian Far East, although species have been introduced to Europe and North America. [1]
In the UK, the plant was first introduced in 1839, at the same time as giant hogweed and Japanese knotweed. [20] [21] These plants were all promoted at the time as having the virtues of "herculean proportions" and "splendid invasiveness" which meant that ordinary people could buy them for the cost of a packet of seeds to rival the expensive ...
Reynoutria sachalinensis is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 2–4 m (79–157 in) tall, with strong, extensively spreading rhizomes forming large clonal colonies. The leaves are some of the largest in the family, up to 15–40 cm (6–15.5 in) long and 10–28 cm (4–11 in) broad, nearly heart-shaped, with a somewhat wavy, crenate margin.
Reynoutria multiflora (syn. Fallopia multiflora and Polygonum multiflorum) is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae [1] native to central and southern China. [2] [3] It is known by the English common names tuber fleeceflower [4] and Chinese (climbing) knotweed. It is known as he shou wu (何首烏) in China and East ...
The Alaminos Goat Farm primarily produces bottled goat milk, with a smaller portion of the produced output made to make kesong puti (local white cheese) and ice cream. In its early years, the facility mostly served to Chinese-Filipino customers in Binondo, Manila but has since expanded its market.
Horny goat weed is perhaps the most literally named supplement of all time. Centuries ago, when Chinese farmers noticed that goats seen eating the herb later seemed to be unusually "in the mood ...
Illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu (1804) Persicaria is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae. Plants of the genus are known commonly as knotweeds [2]: 436 or smartweeds. [3] It has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring nearly worldwide.