Rumex dentatus L.

 
  • Family : POLYGONACEAE
    (Buckwheat Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : POLYGONACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Rumex dentatus L.
  • Vernacular name : Palak (Marathi)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated for leafy vegetable. Occasional in river beds
  • Flower, Fruit : December-June
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Akola district
    • Odisha : Angul district
  • World Distribution : India, Himalayas
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rumex dentatus. Downloaded on 7 December 2024.

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