Reynoutria sachalinensis, the giant knotweed or Sakhalin knotweed (syns. Polygonum sachalinense, Fallopia sachalinensis), is a species of Fallopia native to northeastern Asia in northern Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū) and the far east of Russia (Sakhalin and the southern Kurile Islands).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Giant Knotweed being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Reynoutria
- Species
- Reynoutria sachalinensis
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