Plant |
Family | knotweed family, smartweed family, buckwheat family (Polygonaceae) |
English |
Sheep's sorrel, Common sheep sorrel, Common sorrel, Cuckoo sorrel, Dog-eared sorrel, Field sorrel, Meadow sorrel, Red sorrel, Red-top sorrel, Red weed, Rumex acetosella, Rumex tenuifolius, Sheep’s sorrel, Sheep sorrel, Sheeps sorrel, Sourgrass, Sour weed, Wild sorrel, Wood sorrel |
Latin |
Rumex acetosella L., Acetosella acetosella (L.) Small, Acetosella vulgaris (W.D.J.Koch) Fourr., Rumex tenuifolius (Wallr.) Á.Löve, Rumex acetosella L. s.str., Rumex tenuifolius (Wallr.) A.Love, Acetosella vulgaris Fourr., Rumex acetosella var. acetosella |
Plantparts | Entire plant, foliage, Fresh leaves, Fresh plants, Leaf, Plant stem, Root, Seed, Stem, Unspecified |
Diseases & Uses |
| Cathartic, laxative, aperient, catharic, movements of the bowel, purgative |
Plantparts | Methods of Preparation | Methods of Use |
| foliage | - | Not specified |
| Fresh leaves | - | Not specified |
| Fresh plants | - | Not specified |
| Plant stem | - | Not specified |
| Roots | - | Not specified |
| Seeds | - | Not specified |
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