Nutritional Freshwater Life
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Rumex dentatus (Linn.)
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Common name: Toothed dock.
Distribution: Native to parts of Eurasia
and North Africa, Africa and Madagascar, Asia.
Habitat: Moist areas, such as lakeshores
and the edges of cultivated fields.
Description: It is an annual or biennial herb producing a slender, erect
stem up to 70 or 80 cm in maximum
height. Leaves are lance shaped to
oval with slightly wavy edges, growing to a maximum length around
12 cm. Inflorescence is an interrupted
series of clusters of flowers, with
10–20 flowers per cluster. Leaves are
edible in this species.
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% FW)
Plant Part Ash Moisture Protein
Fats
Fiber CHO a
Root
8.37
9.33
10.58
14.66
10.65 46.40
Stem
7.59
6.23
15.72
11.44
8.76 50.25
Leaf
8.65
4.05
13.75
12.50
9.03 52.05
Flower
7.50
5.86
14.76
13.00
10.88 40.00
Fruit
6.99
6.23
10.50
11.80
11.67 52.84
Seed
8.44
4.91
12.12
11.12
9.00 54.40
a Carbohydrate.
Source: Data from Hameed and Dastagir (2009).
48
Rumex dentatus (Linn.)
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Common name: Toothed dock.
Distribution: Native to parts of Eurasia
and North Africa, Africa and Madagascar, Asia.
Habitat: Moist areas, such as lakeshores
and the edges of cultivated fields.
Description: It is an annual or biennial herb producing a slender, erect
stem up to 70 or 80 cm in maximum
height. Leaves are lance shaped to
oval with slightly wavy edges, growing to a maximum length around
12 cm. Inflorescence is an interrupted
series of clusters of flowers, with
10–20 flowers per cluster. Leaves are
edible in this species.
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% FW)
Plant Part Ash Moisture Protein
Fats
Fiber CHO a
Root
8.37
9.33
10.58
14.66
10.65 46.40
Stem
7.59
6.23
15.72
11.44
8.76 50.25
Leaf
8.65
4.05
13.75
12.50
9.03 52.05
Flower
7.50
5.86
14.76
13.00
10.88 40.00
Fruit
6.99
6.23
10.50
11.80
11.67 52.84
Seed
8.44
4.91
12.12
11.12
9.00 54.40
a Carbohydrate.
Source: Data from Hameed and Dastagir (2009).