Plant Details

Accepted name:

Rumex vesicarius L. [Polygonaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amalavitcam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambari	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ambat chuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
amlabhedaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlanayaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlankusha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlasara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlavastuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlaveta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlavetasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlavetasah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhedana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bhedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhima	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bladder dock	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bodhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
casahasrajita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cataveti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chaakavath	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chooka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chuk	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chuka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chuka-ka-sag	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chukaavij	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chukka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chukka kura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chukkakoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chukkakoora aaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chukkakura	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chukkanghkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chukki soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chukpal	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chukra	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chukrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
churka	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
cukkankirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukkay kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukkiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukkukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulmaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulmaketu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haamid	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
hamaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hammaad	Other	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass Province, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali, 2010)
hammad	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
hanbayt	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
homays	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
hommad	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
humaid	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
humarbostani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
humbijit	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hummaid	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
hummayd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
hummaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
hummaz or hammaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jussi soppu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kattamitha	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
khatbin	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kommattikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kravarti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
labaça-de-bolha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
labaça-de-vesícula	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mahakshara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mansadravi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oseille d'amérique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
palak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palan sag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palang	Other	Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
phalamla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piracutakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piracutam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajamla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktasara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rasamla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
romice vescicario	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
rosy dock	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sahasravedhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
satavedhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shakkan kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
shakkankirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankadravi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shatavedhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shukkan-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shukku-kuraku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shutavedhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sookan keeray	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sorrel	Other	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
sukhasag	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sukke soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sulenimbu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsu kri ka rnam gcig	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm hummaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turooshako	Other	Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
tursak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turshah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
turshumuk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varabhida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vedhaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
velikayakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
velikayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vetasamla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viramla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
حماد	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
حميص	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
حميض	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
حنبيط	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves		Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leaves, roots		Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
seed	dry seed	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
whole plant		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Acetosa vesicaria (L.) Á.Löve Rep. Univ. Inst. Appl. Sci., Reykjavik, Dept. Agric. Ser. B 3: 108 (1948).
Lapathum vesicarium (L.) Moench Methodus: 356 (1794).
Rumex americanus Campd. Monogr. Rumex: 151 (1819).
Rumex bolosii Stübing, Peris & Romo Feddes Repert. 106: 149 (1995).
Rumex clementii Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 60 (1921).
Rumex vesicarius var. rhodophysa Ball J. Bot. 13: 205 (1875).
Rumex vesicarius var. subdentatus Maire Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 8: 447 141 (1928).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rumex vasicarius L.	Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Rumex vesicarius	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
Rumex vesicarius L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass Province, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali, 2010) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rumex vesicarius Linn.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)

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