Prepared by Jennifer L. D’Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Updated February 2018. Scientific name: Polygonum cilinode Michx.; old Fallopia cilinodis (Michx.) Holub Common name(s): fringed black bindweed, fringed bindweed, fringed false buckwheat, fringed climbing buckwheat Links: USDA PLANTS Profile, NPIN Profile, Go Botany Images: (to see enlargements [PC]: click on image,