Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
beejband	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bijband	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bun-palung	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
golden dock	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jangali paalak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jangilipalak julpalam	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jangli palak	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jap-palum	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jub-palum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jungli palak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunanjara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
safed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
siyah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
假菠菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, seed, root, fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed	dried seed	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lapathum aureum (Mill.) Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 275 (1821 publ. 1822).
Lapathum maritimum (L.) Moench Methodus: 355 (1794).
Lapathum minus Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 4 (1779).
Rumex acutus Pollich Hist. Pl. Palat. 1: 359 (1776), nom. illeg.
Rumex anthoxanthus Murray Prod. Stirp. Gott.: 52 (1770).
Rumex anthoxantum Moench Enum. Pl. Hass.: 174 (1777), orth. var.
Rumex aureus Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 7 (1768).
Rumex crispatus Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 395 (1805).
Rumex denticulatus Campd. Monogr. Rumex: 143 (1819).
Rumex dubius Gunnerus Fl. Norveg. 2: 26 (1776).
Rumex longisetus A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov Diagn. Pl. Nov. Mandsh.: 3 (1943).
Rumex loureiroanus Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1474 (1830), orth. var.
Rumex loureiroi Camp Monogr. Rumex: 142 (1819).
Rumex maritimus var. ochotskius (Rech.f.) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 246 (1979).
Rumex maritimus subsp. ochotskius (Rech.f.) Vorosch. Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 96(1): 133 (1991).
Rumex muricatus Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 195 (1845).
Rumex ochotskius Rech.f. Candollea 12: 131 (1949).
Rumex palustris subsp. maritimus (L.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 272 (1894), nom. illeg.
Rumex roxburghianus Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1731 (1829), not validly publ.
Rumex setaceus Buch.-Ham. ex Meisn. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 64 (1832), not validly publ.
Steinmannia aurea (Mill.) Opiz Seznam: 93 (1852).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rumex maritimus L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) 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 maritimus Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)

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