ID HELP REQUESTED FOR THIS RUMEX SPECIES FROM SRINAGAR

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Dear members,

Kindly help identify this Rumex species, It is called  Abij  in Kashmiri and its leaves are  a popular vegetable with a sour taste. All photos in this post were taken in the last week of May 2023. Each small square of graph in the photo is 1 square millimeter

Habitat: Wild . A common weed in fields.

Habit: Herb. Flowering season April-June. Leaves lanceolate up to more than 40 cm long and 12cm broad. Flowers in whorled inflorescences ,bracts reddish scaly, pedicels 3mm long. Flowers about 2mm dia hermaphrodite. Tepals 6 in two whorls. Outer whorl of 3 tepals 0.5mm broad and 1.5 mm long. Inner whorl of 3 tepals 2mm broad and 2.5mm long. Color of tepals green. Stamens 6 . Anthers much longer than the filaments. Filaments 0.9mm long and  anthers yellow and nearly1.5 mm long .They hang down as in wind pollinated flowers. Ovary three lobed with  3 styles. Stigmas with long papillary cells. The 3 styles lie at an angle of 120 degrees to each other in the spaces between the inner tepals. After fertilization the 3 inner tepals grow and come close together completely enclosing the three lobed ovary. Later thick growths resembling seeds appear on these tepals perhaps to attract birds. These can become red as the fruit matures.

It differs from R.dentatus in the inner tepals not having spines. It differs from R.acetosus in having larger leaves and green flowers.

Notes on Photos:

PHOTO7: Stamens removed to show 3 styles. Note the three stigmas with papillary cells at 120 degrees to each other positioned in the spaces between the inner tepals.

PHOTO9: Flower after fertilization with inner tepals enclosing the ovary

PHOTO10: Note the thick seed like growths on the inner tepals.

Regards

Taffazull

[J.M. Garg]

To me appears close to images at 
https://efloraofindia.com/2014/05/13/rumex-crispus/

Pl. check.

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J.M.Garg

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Dear Garg ji,

Thanks a lot for the ID

I think the ID Is correct.

With sincere regards

Taffazull

[Mahadeswara]

Taffa ji ,

  A beautiful presentation of plant parts  and narration,   which helps proper ID. 

Thanks & Regards,

On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 6:54:27 PM UTC+5:30 J.M. Garg wrote:

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Dear Mahadeswara ji,

Thanks for the appreciation.

Regards

Taffazull

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Some more photos:

Notes:

PHOTO1: Shows seed like structures on tepals have become red.

PHOTO2: Two tepals removed to show fruit(capsule)

PHOTO 3: Cross section of fruit showing triangular outline

Regards

Taffazull

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Taffazull ji

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One more Photo:

Apparently the fruit contains a single seed. Photo of Seed and shell of fruit from which the seed was removed is attached.

Regards

Taffazull 

[Gurcharan Singh]

To me leaves look much broader, consider R. patiantia. Size of valves will decide, if longer than 4 mm it should be R. patientia only, it is very common in valley.

[Shakir Ahmad]

I agree with Gurcharan singh sir.... It looks R. patiantia very common in kashmir valley and locally known as abij Or obull

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Dear Gurcharan ji,

Thanks so much for providing  the correct ID.

Valves are 5-6 mm.

With sincere regards

Taffazull

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Some interesting facts from Wikipedia regarding this plant:

It is also called monk's rhubarb, herb patience ,garden patience and patience dock in English.

As in Kashmir it is also used as a leaf vegetable (and also as a filling in pies) in  Southern Europe especially in Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and also Turkiye.

In Romania it is also sometimes used in the Romanian national dish Sarmale  (Romanian Cabbage Rolls usually made with cabbage leaves rolled around a filling )

Regards

Taffazull

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One more photo:

Photo of Pollen Grains(X675)

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Two more photos:

Both photos taken on 24th June

Photo 1:Rust  Red  tepals enclosing mature fruit

Photo2: Shiny red ripe fruits. Remnants of three styles are still attached

Regards

Taffazull

[J.M. Garg]

Yes, appears possible as per keys in Flora of Pakistan:

11 (10)	Basal leaves oblong, up to 3 times longer than broad.		8 R. patientia
+	Basal leaves lanceolate, more than 3 times as long as broad.		9 R. crispus

Also see GBIF.

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Dear Garg ji,

Thanks for confirming ID and the link.

Regards

Taffazull