| Synonym : | Acetosa vesicaria (L.) Á.Löve
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| Bangla Name : | Takpalong, Chukapalong, Amlabetom |
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| English Name : | Rosy Dock, Dock Sorrel, Bladder Dock. |
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| Family : | Polygonaceae |
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| Disease : | Tonic, analgesic, laxative, stomachic, , tumours, constipation, hiccup, flatulence, asthma, bronchitis ,piles, astringent, cooling, aperient , diuretic, toothache, , jaundice, hepatic , constipation ,indigestion and dysentery. |
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| Description : | An annual, pale green, glabrous herb, branched from the root, rather fleshy, 15-30 cm high. Leaves 2.5-7.5 cm, elliptic, ovate or oblong, obtuse or acute, base cuneate. Racemes 2.5-3.8 cm, terminal and leaf-opposed. Flowers sometimes 2-nate and connate, valves large, orbicular, 2-lobed at each end, very membranous and reticulate without a marginal nerve. Fruit 1.3 cm diam., white or pink, valves hyaline. |
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| Distribution : | Cultivated as a vegetable. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves are rich in ascorbic, citric and tartaric acids. Roots contain rumicin and lapathin, identical with chrysophanic acid. The aerial parts of this and other species of Rumex also contain anthraquinone derivatives and flavonoids like emodin, aloe-emodi |
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| Uses : | The plant is cooling, tonic, analgesic, laxative and stomachic, useful in heart troubles, tumours, constipation, hiccup, flatulence, asthma, bronchitis and piles. Leaf juice is astringent, cooling, aperient and a strong diuretic, relieves toothache, check |
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| Habit : | Herb |
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