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Taxon:  Rumex vesicarius L.



Summary
Genus:
Rumex
Family:
Polygonaceae
Subfamily:
Polygonoideae
Tribe:
Rumiceae
Nomen number:
32555
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:336. 1753
Verified:
05/30/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
7 (7  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Rumex vesicarius L. var. rhodophysa Ball (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Acetosa vesicaria (L.) A. Love

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Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
  2. Boulos, L. Flora of Egypt. 1999-
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  4. Galasso, G. 2011. Review of Polygonaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
  5. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  6. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
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  12. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  13. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  14. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  15. Middleditch, B. S. & A. M. Amer. Kuwaiti plants: distribution, traditional medicine, phytochemistry,... economic value (Studies in Plant Science 2). 1991
  16. Mouterde, P. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. 1966-
  17. Norton, J. et al. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar. 2009
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  26. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
bladder dock –
rosy dock –
Arabic
hommad –
hummayd –
French
oseille d'Amérique –
India
ambari –
chuka –
Italian
romice vescicario –
Portuguese (Brazil)
labaça-de-bolha –
labaça-de-vesícula –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaKuwait  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaPunjab 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Punjab], Pakistan
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Cuba
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Human foodvegetable Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Weed  Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=32555. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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