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Rumex woodii N.E.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Rumex

Characteristics

Erect, annual herb, 0.3-0.7 m high; rhizomes fibrous with swollen, fusiform tubers; basal internodes short. Leaves coriaceous; lower leaves with petioles dilated, lamina up to 100 x 40 mm, apex acute; cauline leaves shorter, ovate, with long attenuate apex. Inflorescences leafless. Flowers in few-flowered whorls. Flowering time Oct.-Apr. Fruiting pedicels filiform, arcuate, articulate below middle. Fruiting valves widely cordate, up to 10 x 12 mm, brownish, flushed with purple. Fruit a dull brown nut, 5 mm long.
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Perennial herb, up to 0.7 m high. Stems erect, usually solitary. Leaves sessile; blade narrowly ovate, decurrent, base without lobes, apex acute to acuminate. Ocrea brown, membranous, usually caducous. Flowers: perianth green with deep red to purple edges; Oct.-Feb. Fruit with valves suborbicular, coppery red, longer than nut, without well-developed callosity.
A shrub. It has a tuberous root. The stem is stout and erect. It grows 1 m high. The stem is 1 cm across. There are only a few leaves. The leaf blades are 15 cm long by 4 cm wide. They taper to both ends. The flowering shoots are at the top of the plant.
Herb, up to 0.7 m high. Leaves lanceolate, narrowed to base. Flowers green with deep red to purple edges.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.01
Mature height (meter) 0.7
Root system rhizome
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

The leaves are eaten raw and cooked.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Charm (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Food (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Rumex woodii world distribution map, present in Lesotho, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:697633-1
WFO ID wfo-0001101178
COL ID 4TQ22
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rumex natalensis Rumex woodii
WorldFloraDB 2024