- Family : POLYGONACEAE
(Buckwheat Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
- Synonym(s) : Acetosa pratensis Mill.; Lapathum acetosa (L.) Scop.; Rumex acidus Salisb.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rumex acetosa L.
- Common name : Common sorrel is today used in sauces and as a spinach or salad leaf; the sap can be used as a laundry stain-remover. Rumex acetosa, also known as common sorrel, is a herbaceous plant native to the British Isles. It was once cultivated as a vegetable but is now merely a wild food plant; it is also used in herbal medicine for its diuretic properties.
- Habit : Herb
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Karnataka
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
- Literature :
- Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rumex acetosa. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.
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