Rumex dentatus L., Mant. Pl. 2: 226 1771. (Syn: Rumex dentatus subsp. klotzschianus (Meisn.) Rech. f.; Rumex × halacsyi Rech. f.; Rumex klotzschianus Meisn.; Rumex limosus Thuill.; Rumex nipponicus Franch. & Sav.); Hindi: Ambavah, Amrule; Delhi: Lal bibi, Jangli palak;
Fruits & Vegetables Week: Rumex dentatus,: Rumex dentatus, a weed of cultivation and growing in waste places is often used as vegetable, a rich source of Calcium, beta carotene, vitamin A and vitamin C.
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Hindi: Ambavah, amrule Delhi: Lal bibi, jungli palak It becomes a nuisance when it comes along with wheat. You might be aware that this is troublesome weed in wheat harvesting areas of our region. I actually didn't know about it being used as a vegetable. Since there has been a lot of discussion in another thread about the use of Alstonia scholaris wood for making slates for school children (hence the name scholaris), those who must have used wooden slates (Takhti) must be knowing that there are two ways of doing this: 1. First ways is to smear the surface of slate with a suspension of white clay, allow it to dry and then write with normal ink using wooden pen (kalam)........black/blue black on white. 2. Second way includes moving slate over a flame of oil lamp in such a way that it gets covered with soot. The next step is to rub the fresh leaves of Rumex so that the soot sticks firmly on the slate, and then rub back of inkpot on the slate to give it a shine (ghota). This black slate is then written on using the suspension of white clay.........white on black I used a real slate. I wish i had made my own slate the way you have described. My grandfather told us about Dhulpati. The used to spread dust over a plate and write in that. The wooden pen (kalam) you are writing about, is a wooden pen? My father used to use Boru, which is made from Bamboo. But kalam ist different is it? I don't have a boru here with me and can't post a foto of it. But i have the squeak sound of it in my ears. The kalam I am talking about is usually made of cane (Arundo donax in Kashmir; Saccharum spp. in warm climate), oblique cut at one end with split tip like we have in ink pen. As what I remember we had both Boru and Tak in childhood. According to my memory Boru is made up of a reed grass/ bamboo whis is hollow, thin. It used to one internode ( as per present scientific knowlege) long. It had the slanting tip which had to be dipped in ink (Royal ink/ Camlin ink, if you remember) and then to be writen on the paper. The tip used to get warn off and we used to sharpen it. Tak was a solid rod of wood, on the tip of which use to be fitted a mtalic Nib, which was dipped in ink and written on paper. For this we used to carry ink bottles to shool and many a times spill it on uniforms, those days we never had Surf Exell. As per my undersanding Kalam is a urdu word which is used for pen like object with which we write. I donot knw seperate wors for Boru and Tak in Urdu or Hindi. As for slate we also used to have real slates which we use to shine(Ghota with the coal. Every sunday was that programme. On this we use to write with pencil of some cabonate. I feels good to to peep into the past childhood. Yes you reminded me, from the hollow kalam (made from a cane which could be Arundo, Acorus, Saccharum, Bamboo, etc.) we migrated into early pens consisting of a solid wooden rod with a narrow tip into which we would fit a special metallic nib having nib at one end and ring at the other which would fit into the rarrow end of wooden rod. I don't remember any special name for that (like your TaK) but have used them in plenty on paper, before we started using regular plastic pens.
Please help me to identify this herb found commonly in roadsides of Ooty town of Nilgiris. The leaves are of variable sizes of about 20 cm. Flowers clustered in nodes. Is this any Brassicaceae? Date: 18 Sep 2012 Location Ooty, Nilgiris, TN Altitude: c. 2000 m ASL
AP3- Wild Plant for id from Ambala Cantt Haryana: please help me to identify this plant and its family... photographs taken on 1 may 2012 Descriptions place-ambala cantt month- may habitat- garden, roadside, fields habit- herbaceous, erect stem- herbaceous height- about 50 to 60 cm leaves- small, elongated, pointed Rumex dentatus, Polygonaceae, known as Jangli Palak...
Found this wild herb in an uncultivated land. It is a common herb and can be found around ditches too. Species : UNKNOWN Habit & Habitat : wild herb, uncultivated land Date : 12-03-12 & 14-03-12 (showing Calotes versicolor) Place : Gobra (Hooghly), WB
Matheran herb for ID 300512: got this small herb clicked at matheran near stream on 25th may`12. This was around 690+ Mtrs (MSL) altitude. Should be Rumex dentatus.... Polygonaceae..
This is a common herb in roadside ditches and wet places, locally known as BAN-PALANG (wild spinach). Species : UNKNOWN H & H : about 3 ft tall, glabrous, stem fleshy like that of spinac Date : 29/1/13 Place : Hooghly This plant seems to be the same Rumex dentatus Linnaeus as in my earlier upload at Yes ...
Attaching an image of a Common Grass Yellow butterfly on the flowers of Rumex dentatus.
Polygonacae Fortnight: Rumex dentatus L(?) – from Aligarh (UP) KDMAY05 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6). Attached images may be Rumex dentatus L collected from Aligarh (UP). Please ID the Species. Date :13.04.2014 Location: Aligarh (UP) Family :Polygonaceae Genus & species : Rumex dentatus L (?) Habitat: Grows wild on roadside Habit : Herb Yes, you are right ... This is a very common and noxious weed of our wheat crops I think yes. Nice photographs ... Polygonaceae Fortnight: Rumex dentatus from Kashmir-GSMAY16 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Rumex dentatus, photographed from Srinagar, Kashmir Polygonaceae Fortnight: Rumex dentatus from Delhi-GSMAY15 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Rumex dentatus photographed from wastelands in Delhi. Wonderful! Thanks for sharing!!
POLYGONACEAE FORTNIGHT 1-14 May 2014: Rumex dentatus from Himachal GSG-11 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Kindly find below images of Rumex dentatus from lower belt of Himachal.
Polygonaceae Fortnight- Rumex dentatus from Kaithal:: NS May 37 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). This is a noxious weed of the wheat fields and also occurs otherwise, the entire plant turns reddish on maturity.. Rumex dentatus recorded from my place in Kaithal.. i hope this is rightly identified.. I think yes, good photographs
POLYGONACEAE FORTNIGHT 1-14 May 2014: Rumex dentatus from Uttarakhand_DSR_20 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Rumex dentatus L. is a common herb in spring and early summers in Pantnagar.
Polygonaceae Fortnight: Rumex punjabensis/maritimus from Gulmarg, Kashmir pl identify-GSMAY27 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8). This another tall herbaceous Rumex species was found growing in Gulmarg meadow in Kashmir alt. 2500 m. The plant has valves which are entire but have 2-3 pairs of straight teeth towards base. The two species I can think are R. punjabensis and R. maritimus. Kindly help in exact identity. All the photographs you have displayed are Rumex dentatus and it varietes which have been recently raised as sub species.
Wild Plant For ID : Srinagar : 13JUN16 : AK-17 : 5 posts by 3 authors. A very common plant seen growing along the roadside. Leaves looked very close to Spinach. Local name was given as 'Abij' and was said to be edible. See Rumex I hope Rumex dentatus.
Rumex dentatus : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Sharing some pictures of Rumex dentatus shot at Kakani Nepal on 28 July 2016 at 6000 ft. Thanks for the complete details. Adding some pictures shot at Roshi River Nepal on 29 May 2015 at 3000 ft. Attachments (2)
SK630 09 JUL-2017:ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7) Location: Gopaldhara, Darjeeling, India Date: 20 May 2017 Altitude: 6000 ft Rumex dentatus L. ...?? I think matches with images at Rumex dentatus References:
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