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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:
4 (4  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Rumex vesicarius L. var. rhodophysa Ball (0 active accession[s])
Rumex vesicarius L. var. vesicarius (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Acetosa vesicaria (L.) Á. Löve

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Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
  3. Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
  4. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  5. Galasso, G. 2011. Review of Polygonaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
  6. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  7. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  8. Hand, R. (ed.). 2006. Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus V. Willdenowia 36:761-809.
  9. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  10. Harden, G. J., ed. 1990-1993. Flora of New South Wales. Note: = Acetosa vesicaria (L.) Á. Löve
  11. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  12. Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
  13. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  14. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  15. Middleditch, B. S. & A. M. Amer. 1991. Kuwaiti plants: distribution, traditional medicine, phytochemistry,... economic value (Studies in Plant Science 2).
  16. Mouterde, P. 1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
  17. Norton, J. et al. 2009. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
  18. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  19. Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
  20. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
  21. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  22. Stanley, T. D. & E. M. Ross. 1983-1989. Flora of south-eastern Queensland.
  23. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
  24. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina.
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
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanarias 
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    also cult.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias]
  • 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 (also cult.)
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. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Human foodvegetable Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weed  Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
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://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=32555. Accessed 26 April 2025.