Persicaria limbata (Meisn.) Hara

Tropical Africa, subtropical Himalaya, India.

200 m

limbata: bordered, with a margin or fringe (a reference to the ochrea)

Erect or procumbent perennial herb, often mat-forming. Stems hollow, striate along the length, with distinct bract-like ochreae at the nodes, these with ciliate margins. Leaves linear-lanceolate, ciliate at the base, clasping the stems. Flowers in terminal or lateral, spike-like racemes, Pinkish white. Fruit a small, smooth and shiny nut, reddish-brown to black.