Rumex vesicarius L., Sp. Pl. 336 1753 (Syn: Acetosa vesicaria (L.) Á.Löve; Lapathum vesicarium (L.) Moench; Rumex americanus Campd.; Rumex bolosii Stübing, Peris & Romo; Rumex clementii Domin); . Macaronesia to Myanmar: Afghanistan, Algeria, Assam, Bangladesh, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Yemen; Introduced into: Cuba, Greece, Kriti, Nepal, New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, Western Australia as per POWO; . Common name: Bladder Dock, blister sorrel, country sorrel, rosy dock • Hindi: चूक chooka, चुक्र chukra, चुक्रिका chukrika, लोलिका lolika, शतवेधी shatavedhi • Manipuri: ꯇꯣꯔꯣꯡ ꯈꯣꯡꯆꯥꯛ তোৰোঙ খোঙচাক Torong khongchak • Marathi: आम्लवेतस amlavetasa, चुका chuka • Tamil: சுக்கங்கீரை cukkan-kirai • Tangkhul: Hangam Ashinba • Telugu: చుక్కకూర chukka kura, పుల్లప్రబ్బ pulla-prabba • Kannada: ಚುಕ್ಕಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು chukki soppu, ಚುಕ್ರ chukra • Bengali: bun palung • Nepali: amilo bethe, bhote palungo • Urdu: tukhm hummaz • Assamese: চূকা সাক Chuka sak • Sanskrit: आम्लवेतस amlavetasa, चुक्रं chukram, चुक्रिका chukrika, लोलिका lolika, शतवेधी shatavedhi .
Fruits & Vegetables Week: Rumex vesicarius, the Bladder dock: Rumex vesicarius, the Bladder dock, often cultivated as ornamental because of showy bladder-like fruiting perianth. Leaves and tender stems used as Local names is this the same what n Marathi is also called Chuka? – My source (Useful plants of India) has this information Chuka in Hindi, Telugu does refer to R. vesicarius
Polygonaceae Fortnight: Rumex vesicarius from Delhi-GSMAY26 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2). Rumex vesicarius, a herbaceous plant cultivated in fields in Wazirabad, Delhi.      Polygonaceae Fortnight : 1 – 14 May 2014 : Rumex vesicarius : Oman : 140514 : AK-12 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (5). Rumex vesicarius from Oman. A very common plant.
Rumex vesicarius L from Assam KD 11 Jan 2015 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Attached images are Rumex vesicarius L. Date :10.01.2015 Location: Assam Family : Polygonaceae Genus & species : Rumex vesicarius L Vern. Name Chuka Paleng (Assamese) Habitat: Grown as cultivated vegetable. Habit : Herb . References: |
Rumex vesicarius
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