Rumex dentatus L.

 
  • Family : POLYGONACEAE
    (Buckwheat Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Rumex callosissimus Meisn.; Rumex limosus Thuill.; Rumex multiflorus Pers.; Rumex obtusifolius Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Rumex pectinatus Ehrenb. ex Meisn.; Rumex undulatus Hornem.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rumex dentatus L.
  • Common name : Toothed Dock
  • Vernacular name :
    • Jangali chuka (Assamese)
    • Ambavati, Amrule, Ambavah (Hindi)
    • Changeri (Sanskrit)
    • Ban Pate, Ban Palungo(Nepali)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Plains to 3000 m, mostly in moist areas
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated for leafy vegetable. Occasional in river beds
  • Key identification features : Stem purplish. Wing of fruiting tepals irregularly
  • Flower, Fruit : December-June
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Akola district
    • Odisha : Angul district
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Egypt, Gulf States, India, Iran, Kuril Is., Laos, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • 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
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 239
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rumex dentatus. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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