Rumex dentatus L.
Rumex dentatus L.
Rumex dentatus L.
Rumex dentatus L.
Rumex dentatus L.
MH249 : Rumex dentatus L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 446 |
| Synonym | : | Rumex dentatus subsp. halacsyi (K. Rechinger) K. H. Rechinger;
Rumex dentatus subsp. klotzschianus (Meisner) K. H. Rechinger;
Rumex halacsyi K. Rechinger;
Rumex klotzschianus Meisner;
Rumex nipponicus Franchet & Savatier.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Toothed Dock, Jangali chuka, Ambavati, Amrule, Ambavah, Jangli palak, Changeri,Ban Pate, Ban Palungo |
| Plant Family | : | Polygonaceae |
| Description | : | Herbs annual, rarely biennial. Stems erect, 30-70 cm tall, branched from base, grooved; branches ascending to nearly divaricate, glabrous. Lower leaves: petiole 3-5 cm; leaf blade oblong to narrowly elliptic, 4-12 × 1.5-3 cm, both surfaces glabrous, or papillose along veins below, base rounded, truncate, or subcordate, margin slightly undulate, apex obtuse or acute; cauline leaves smaller; ocrea fugacious, membranous. Inflorescence racemose, several racemes aggregated and panicle-like. Flowers bisexual. Pedicel articulate below middle (in proximal third). Outer tepals elliptic, ca. 2 mm; inner tepals enlarged in fruit; valves triangular-ovate, 4-5 × 2.5-3 mm, all valves with tubercles 1.5-2 mm (in some infraspecific taxa of R. dentatus only 1 or 2 valves with tubercles), conspicuously net veined, base rounded, each margin with 2-4 teeth, apex acute to subacute; teeth 1.5-2 mm. Achenes yellow-brown, shiny, ovoid, sharply trigonous, 2-2.5 mm, base narrow, apex acute. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jun-Jul. 2n = 40. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In river beds |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | This plant has allelopathic activity. The root is used as an astringent application in the treatment of cutaneous disorders. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: chlorogenic acid; quercetin; Myricetin; vitamin C; kaempferol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Quercetin; Kaempferol; Myricetin; Chlorogenic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Rare |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006747
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/266388
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Toothed%20Dock.html
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5643984/ |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Caryophyllidae |
| Order | : Polygonales |
| Family | : Polygonaceae - Buckwheat family |
| Genus | : Rumex L. - dock |
| Species | : Rumex dentatus L. |