Rumex lanceolatus
Thunb.
Smaller dock
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are cooked and eaten with maize porridge.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in seasonally wet places where the dry season can be 6-11 months. It grows in hot arid regions. It grows between 85-2,800 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
Africa, Angola, Asia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Central Africa, East Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe,
How to Identify
A herb. It is erect and grows 90 cm high. It is broad-leaved and keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are simple and alternate. They are broadly sword shaped. The flowers are in dense groups at the top of the plant. The flowers are small and 3-4 mm long. They are yellow. The fruit is an oval 3-sided nut. It is wrapped in the inner flower segments.
Nutrition Score: 45/100
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaves | 82.8 | 242 | 58 | 4.6 | — | — | 9.7 | 2.4 |
Other Information
Occasionally it is a cultivated food plant.
Notes
There are about 200 Rumex species.
Names & Synonyms
Dolonyana, Idololenkonyane, Kgamane, Tongblaar
References (10)
- FAO, 1988, Traditional Food Plants, FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 42. FAO Rome p 433
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 307
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 6th June 2011]
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 91
- Shaheen, N., et al, 2013, Food Composition Table for Bangladesh. University of Daka. p 33
- van Wyk, Be., & Gericke, N., 2007, People's plants. A Guide to Useful Plants of Southern Africa. Briza. p 74
- van Wyk, B-E., 2011, The potential of South African plants in the development of new food and beverage products. South African Journal of Botany 77 (2011) 857–868
- Wehmeyer, A. S, 1986, Edible Wild Plants of Southern Africa. Data on the Nutrient Contents of over 300 species
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
