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Rumex acetosa

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Rumex acetosa

Rumex acetosa is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.60 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.

Uses

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Parts Used

Leaves, Roots, Seeds.

Chemical Composition

[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Pundi
Hindi Chuk
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu Chukkakura
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit Chutrika
English Common Sorrel, Spinach dock


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Division in spring.

How to plant/cultivate

A very easily grown and tolerant plant, it succeeds in most soils, preferring a moist moderately fertile well-drained soil in a sunny position.. Shade tolerant.. Established plants are tolerant of considerable neglect, surviving even in dense weed growth.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Meadows, On acid soils.

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References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. [Chemistry]
  3. [Morphology]
  4. Cultivation

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