Fruits & Vegetables Week: Rumex vesicarius, the Bladder dock

[Gurcharan Singh]

Rumex vesicarius, the Bladder dock, often cultivated as ornamental because of showy bladder-like fruiting perianth. Leaves and tender stems used as pot-herb, also used in curries and chutneys because of sour taste.  

 

Local names

Hindi: Chuka, ambari palk, palang sag

Tel: Chukka kura

Tam: Shakkan kirai

Kan: Suki soppu, jussi soppu

Punjab: Khatta mitha, Khatti tan, saluni 

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[Madhuri Pejaver]

sorry for the late inquiry. but is this the same what n Marathi is also called Chuka? Madhuri --- On Wed, 12/1/11, Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Miguel Serra]

On 22 Jan, 14:25, Madhuri Pejaver <formpeja...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> sorry for the late inquiry. but is this the same what n Marathi is also called Chuka?
> Madhuri
>

> --- On Wed, 12/1/11, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Madhuri ji

My source (Useful plants of India) has this information

Chuka in Hindi, Telugu does refer to R. vesicarius

Chuk in Hindi is C. acetosella

Gujarati name is not mentioned