Rumex dentatus Linn.
Family Polygonaceae.
Habitat The Himalayas up to
300 m, and in the plains from
Assam to Western and Southern
India.
Folk Jangali Paalak.
Action Plant—astringent; used in cutaneous disorders.
The leaves contain vitamin C 115 mg and vitamin A value 11,700 IU!100 g and are a rich source of calcium and beta-carotene. The dried leaves contained 7.8% of flavonoids and 0.04% of anthraquinone derivatives. Flavonoids include rutin, avicularin, quercitrin, quercetin. Roots contain chrysophanic acid and emodin, the total anthraquinone content being 0.13%.
