| Family | Polygonaceae |
|---|---|
| Habit | Herb |
| Habitat | Commonly found growing along ditches, irrigation canals, sides of footpaths, dikes, vegetables garden and pots unattended |
| Special Notes | Introduced in Benguet during the US colonial administration |
| Ethnobotanical Uses | MEDICINAL: roots are sundried and used to cure chronic bronchitis, tinea of the body, and hemorrhoids; |
| Collected from | Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). |
| Collector(s) | Jennylyn E. Jacob |
