Rumex japonicus Houtt.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Rumex

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Stems erect, 50-100 cm tall, branched above, grooved, glabrous. Basal leaves: petiole 6-15 cm; leaf blade oblong or lanceolate-oblong, 8-25 × 3-8 cm, abaxially minutely papillate along veins, adaxially glabrous, base rounded, cordate, or broadly cuneate, margin slightly undulate, apex acute or obtuse; cauline leaves shortly petiolate, narrowly oblong, small; ocrea fugacious, white, membranous. Inflorescence paniculate. Flowers bisexual. Pedicel slender, articulate below middle, articulation distinct. Inner tepals enlarged in fruit; valves broadly cordate, 4-5 × 5-6 mm, all valves with narrowly ovate tubercles, conspicuously net veined, base cordate, margin irregularly denticulate, apex acute; denticles 0.3-0.5 mm. Achenes dark brown, shiny, broadly ovoid, sharply trigonous, ca. 2.5 mm, base narrow, apex acute. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jun-Jul.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year It grows 50-100 cm tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Wet meadows and ditches in lowland all over Japan. Field margins, streambanks and wet valleys; at elevations from sea level to 3,400 metres.
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It is a temperate plant. In China it grows between sea level and 3,400 m above sea level. It grows in wetlands. In Sichuan.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The young shoots are eaten in spring.
Uses dye medicinal
Edible leaves seeds shoots
Therapeutic use Aperient (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Lymphoma (unspecified), Parasiticide (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Antiseptic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Leukemia (unspecified), Demulcent (unspecified), Dermatosis (unspecified), Insecticide (unspecified), Skin (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Rumex japonicus world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Russian Federation, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:697224-1
WFO ID wfo-0001101700
COL ID 4TPQL
BDTFX ID 58866
INPN ID 119575
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Synonyms

Rumex hadroocarpus Rumex regelii Rumex cardiocarpus Rumex crispus subsp. japonicus Rumex japonicus Rumex crispus var. japonicus