



Rumex americanus Campd. in Monogr. Rumex: 151 (1819) Rumex bolosii Stübing, Peris & Romo in Feddes Repert. 106: 149 (1995) Rumex clementii Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 60 (1921) Rumex vesicarius var. rhodophysa Ball in J. Bot. 13: 205 (1875) Rumex vesicarius var. subdentatus Maire in Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 8: 447 141 (1928)

















Rumex L., a genus in Polygonaceae family with about 200 species, is growing widely around the world. Some Rumex species, called "sorrel" or "dock", have been used as food application and treatment of skin diseases and hemostasis after trauma by the local people of its growing areas for centuries. To date, 29 Rumex species have …











Rumex dentatus L. (Polygonaceae), also known as toothed dock or Aegean dock, is a medicinal plant with a high culinary value in addition to being used as an ethnomedicinal plant. This review focuses on the botanical, nutritional, phytochemical, and pharmacological activities of R. dentatus, as well as the future prospects for systematic …



El-Hawary SA, Sokkar NM, Ali ZY, Yehia MM. A profile of bioactive compounds of Rumex vesicarius L. J Food Sci. 2011;76:C1195–202. Article CAS Google Scholar Ganaie MA, Khan TH, Siddiqui NA, Ansari MN. Ameliorative effect of methanol extract of Rumex vesicarius on CCl4-induced liver damage in Wistar albino rats. Pharm …























Inflorescence an open, rather stout panicle, leafy or not. Inner tepals varying from ovate-triangular to deltoid, 3.5–5 × 2–3 mm., equally or unequally tubercled, the margin entire or more usually armed with straight or slightly arcuate teeth (occasionally slightly hooked) which in length are less than or exceed the width of the tepal.




