Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rumex obtusifolius L. [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Rumex obtusifolius subsp. obtusifolius

Rumex obtusifolius subsp. subalpinus (Schur) Čelak.

Rumex obtusifolius subsp. sylvestris (Lam.) Čelak.

Rumex obtusifolius subsp. transiens (Simonk.) Rech.f.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bitter dock	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
blunt-leaved dock	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bluntleaf dock	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
broad-leaf dock	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
broad-leaved dock	Other	Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017)
broadleaf dock	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dun ye suan mo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gemüse-ampfer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hierbamaría	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
labaça-de-vaca-amarga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lengua de vaca	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
língua-de-vaca-amarga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
malayerba	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
paciencia	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
patience sauvage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
red-veined dock	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
romana	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
romaza de hojas grandes	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
romice a foglie lunghe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rumex obtusifolius	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
sachagula	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
stumpfblättriger ampfer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tomtskräppa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vinagrillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
土大黄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
土大黄叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
leaf, root, inflorescence, seed		Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017)
root		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acetosa obtusifolia (L.) M.Gómez Anales Inst. Segunda Enseñ. 2: 277 (1896).
Lapathum obtusifolium (L.) Moench Methodus: 356 (1794).
Rumex obtusifolius var. concolor Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 167 (1822).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rumex obtusifolius (L.) DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rumex obtusifolius L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

Rumex obtusifolius (L.) DC.

Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

Rumex obtusifolius L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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