File:Persicaria minor RF.jpg
Other Names : Polygonum minus, Persicaria minor, Kesum, pygmy smartweed, aka pygmy smartweed, Small water-pepper, Small water-pepper, Small smartweed, spotted lady's thumb, Kleiner Knöterich, Kleine duizendknoop, Cenohom, Daun Laksa
==Special Precautions of Pygmy Smartweed==
* In Malaysian traditional medicine, P. minor has been used in post-natal tonics and for treatment of digestion.
* It has been used as a bioactive component for packaging film for edible foods, based on a semi-refined carrageenan and glycerol as plasticizers.
==Reference==
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10942912.2017.1315591
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