✿Polygonaceae · Rumex
Ambavati / Toothed Dock
Rumex dentatus
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- December-June
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rumex dentatus
- Genus
- Rumex
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Distribution
- India, Himalayas
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi, Gujarat, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The leaves are lance-shaped to oval with slightly wavy edges, growing to a maximum length around 12 centimeters.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- UndulaterecordedA wavy, rippled edge.“The leaves are lance-shaped to oval with slightly wavy edges, growing to a maximum length around 12 centimeters.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ambavati itself; the rest are typical of the Polygonaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Typical of the Polygonaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Ambavati, Amrule, Ambavah
- Bengali
- সোনালি জল পালং
About Ambavati
Toothed Dock (Rumex dentatus) is a herb in the Polygonaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and 8 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from December to June.
Botanical family
Polygonaceae
Buckwheat/Knotweed family
Ambavati belongs to the Polygonaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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