حمصيص / حميمصة /

Pink Sorrel / أحميصيصة / الحماض / حميضة / حُمَّيْض قُبرُصي / ركيبةِ / سنينة /

Rumex cyprius Murb.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Leaves
Preparation
  • Cooked with lentil
  • Pastry
  • Salads
Blooming period
January to May
Foraging period
January to March
Seed collection period
May to July

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Pink
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Rumex L.
Family
Polygonaceae
Wikidata item
Q18076362
GBIF Item
Rumex cyprius Murb. (4034921)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Imseeh Tesdell, O., Othman, A., Othman, Y., Dowani, Y., Shqeirat, R., Bamieh, Y., Tesdell, E., Khouri, S.(2018).Palestinian Wild food plants.Ramallah(English and Arabic)
  2. Rumex cyprius Murb. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.
  3. Savvas Tryfonos. Rumex cyprius. (2021, November 20).
  4. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  5. إسحق، جاد. التراث البيئي النباتي في فلسطين. القدس: معهد الأبحاث التطبيقية - أريج، 1992.

Citation

Rumex cyprius Murb. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/616 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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