Rumex maritimus L.

 
  • Family : POLYGONACEAE
    (Buckwheat Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Lapathum maritimum (L.) Moench; Rumex palustris subsp. maritimus (L.) Bonnier & Layens
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rumex maritimus L.
  • Common name : Golden dock
  • Vernacular name :
    • Jal palam, Jubpalam, Jangli palak (Hindi)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Annual herbs; stem and branches stout, erect, angled, deeply grooved; Leaves lanceolate to oblong-Ianceolate, warty at margins; stipules membranous, tubular, deciduous; Flowers in terminal, lax or dense whorls, brownish; Nuts sharply angular.
  • Flower, Fruit : March
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Jagatsinghpur district, Cuttack district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tirap
  • Native : Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Ire
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Europe, Asia, North Africa, North and South America
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 317
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rumex maritimus. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

India Distribution

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