Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rumex acetosa L. [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 7

Rumex acetosa subsp. acetosa

Rumex acetosa var. fontanopaludosus (Kalela) Hyl.

Rumex acetosa subsp. hibernicus (Rech.f.) Akeroyd

Rumex acetosa var. hydrophilus Wiinst. ex Hyl.

Rumex acetosa subsp. islandicus (Á.Löve) Ö.Nilsson

Rumex acetosa var. serpenticola Rune

Rumex acetosa subsp. vinealis (Timb.-Lagr. & Jeanb.) O.Bolòs & Vigo

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acedera común	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
acetosa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
azeda-brava	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
broad-leaf sorrel	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chuk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chukram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chutrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chuukaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
common sorrel	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
cuckoo-cuckoo-charlie	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
dock sorrel	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dāng yào	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
erba brusca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
garden sorrel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
grande oseille	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
greensauce	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hale	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hammaaz-barri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
niú ér dà huáng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
oseille de prés	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
romice acetosa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rumex acetosa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
rumicis asetosa	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
sauerampfer	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
sheep's sorrel	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sho-mang-ri-sho	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
shuǐ niú shé tóu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shān dà huáng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shān yáng tí	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sorrel	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sorrel dock	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sorrell	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sorrell leaves	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sour dock	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sour duckle	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sour saps	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sour-docks	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
soursuds	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suan mo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
suan mo ye	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
suyeong	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
suān mó	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tarokay	Other	Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
tarpujo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
wiesensauerampfer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ängssyra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
‫حميض‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
山大黄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山羊蹄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
当药	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
水牛舌头	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
牛儿大黄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
酸模	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
酸模叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root, Pollen, Herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
aerial part		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leaves		Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
seed, flower, root, aerial parts, leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root, leaf		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acetosa pratensis Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768).
Lapathum acetosa (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 260 (1771).
Rumex acetosa var. pratensis (Mill.) Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 182 (1822), not validly publ.
Rumex acetosa subsp. pratensis (Mill.) Blytt & O.C.Dahl Haandb. Norges Fl.: 285 (1903), not validly publ.
Rumex acidus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 258 (1796), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rumex acetosa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Rumex acetosa L.	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rumex acetosa L., nom. cons.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Rumex acetosa Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Rumex acetosa Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images