Rumex maritimus (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Rumex maritimus L.

Protologue: Sp. pl. 1: 335 (1753).

Family: Polygonaceae

• Sea dock (En)
• Vietnam: dương đề taù, chút chít.

North and South America, Europe, India, China, Indo-China.

In Vietnam, the dried roots are prepared as a laxative pill, and the fresh roots in decoction are used for the same purpose. In Europe, the seeds are sometimes used as an aphrodisiac.

• An annual to biennial herb, 30-70 cm tall, stem much branched, deeply grooved.
• Basal leaves narrowly lanceolate to elliptical, 5-20 cm × 1-3.5 cm, base cuneate to obtuse, apex acute.
• Inflorescence a panicle, flowers arranged in dense whorls.
• Flowers bisexual, inner perianth segments enlarged in fruit, 2-3 mm long, marginal teeth usually 1-2 on each side, callous tubercles on all valves, subequal, ovoid, 1-1.5 mm long.
• Nutlet oblong, yellowish-brown.

R. maritimus occurs in humid localities, along ditches, roads, fields and irrigation canals.

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• Rumex (Medicinal plants)

• Nguyen Thi Do