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Rumex cordatus Desf. ex Poir.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Rumex

Characteristics

Annual, occasionally perennial, rhizomatous herb, 0.15-0.50 m high; stems erect. Leaves herbaceous, lower leaves rosulate, long-petiolate ovate-cordate with blunt basal lobes; cauline leaves smaller. Inflorescences branched, leafless. Flowers in 2-5-flowered whorls; pedicels filiform, equaling flowers in length, articulated below middle. Flowering time July-Sept. Fruiting valves up to 5 x 6 mm, red, often with white scales in the centre. Fruit a nut, up to 2.5 mm long.
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A herb. It often lies along the ground. The leaves are oval to heart shaped. They have long leaf stalks.
Like R. lativalvis but often prostrate and leaves mostly basal, ovatecordate, long-petiolate.
Like R. lativalvis but leaves ovate-cordate, often prostrate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality -
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.5
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows on sandy flats.
Light -
Soil humidity 7-9
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 7 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
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Distribution

Rumex cordatus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:697005-1
WFO ID wfo-0001101156
COL ID 4TPLB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rumex cordatus Rumex sarcorhizus
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