Ranunculus arvensis, Chambul

Ranunculus arvensis L.
Family: Ranunculaceae

English: corn buttercup
Arabic:  زغلنته (زَغَلَنته)
Chinese: 田野毛茛
Dutch: Akkerboterbloem
Hungarian: Vetési boglárka
Finnish: Peltoleinikki
French: Renoncule des champs, Chausse-trappe des blés
German: Acker-Hahnenfuß
Punjabi: Chambul
Kashmir: Gager-kanda

Description: Herbs annual. Stems ca. 30 cm, sparsely appressed puberulent, branched. Basal leaves 3--5; petiole 1.6--6 cm, sparsely puberulent; blade 3-lobed, 3-partite, or 3-sect, obovate or broadly rhombic, 1.5--3.5 × 1.5--4 cm, papery, sparsely appressed puberulent, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, lobes narrowly cuneate, 2- or 3-dentate at apex. Stem leaves petiolate or sessile, 1- or 2-ternate, ultimate lobes narrowly cuneate or linear-lanceolate. Flowers leaf-opposed, ca. 1 cm in diam. Pedicel 2--4 cm, appressed puberulent. Receptacle puberulent. Sepals 5, narrowly ovate, ca. 5 mm, abaxially appressed puberulent. Petals 5, obovate, ca. 5 × 3.8 mm, nectary pit covered by a scale, apex rounded. Stamens numerous. Aggregate fruit subglobose, ca. 1.2 cm in diam. Achene complanate, elliptic, ca. 5 × 3.5 mm, glabrous, spiny, spines up to 2 mm; style persistent, ca. 2.6 mm. Fl. Apr--May.

Considered as poisonous weed, a swelling of throat if cattle eat it. Plant decoction to kill intestinal worms. Herb given in intermittent fever and asthma; antibiotic, antiseptic paste applied on skin ailments. Leaves extract for eczema. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

Used in intermittent fevers, asthma and gout [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]

14 Published articles of Ranunculus arvensis
1.    Chemical Burn Caused by Ranunculus arvensis
Albayrak, Yavuz; Albayrak, Ayse; Melikoglu, Mehmet; et al.
WOUNDS-A COMPENDIUM OF CLINICAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICE  Volume: 23   Issue: 3   Pages: E6-E8   Published: MAR 2011

2.    Phytocontact dermatitis due to Ranunculus arvensis mimicking burn injury: report of three cases and literature review.
Akbulut, Sami; Semur, Heybet; Kose, Ozkan; et al.
International journal of emergency medicine  Volume: 4   Pages: 7   Published: 2011 Feb 21

3.    Antimicrobial activity and essential oil compositions of two Ranunculus species from Turkey: R-constantinopolitanus and R-arvensis
Terzioglu, Salih; Yasar, Ahmet; Yayli, Nuran; et al.
ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY  Volume: 20   Issue: 4   Pages: 3277-3283   Published: APR 2008

4.    Ranunculus arvensis (Ranunculaceae), an alien weed new to southern California
Riefner, Richard E., Jr.; Boyd, Steve
Aliso  Volume: 24   Pages: 29-30   Published: 2007

5.    Ranunculus arvensis L.
Ranunculus arvensis L.
Beuret, E.; Caputa, J.
Revue Suisse de Viticulture, d'Arboriculture et d'Horticulture  Volume: 20   Issue: 5   Pages: 296-297   Published: 1988

6.    FIELD PHYTOCENOSES INCLUDING RANUNCULUS-ARVENSIS IN CENTRAL POLAND AND THEIR TAXONOMIC POSITION
WARCHOLINSKA A U
Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica  Volume: 25   Issue: 4   Pages: 579-584   Published: 1979

7.    ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE PERIANTH OF NIGELLA-ARVENSIS NIGELLA-DAMASCENA AND RANUNCULUS-ILLYRICUS
SLAVIKOVA Z
Preslia (Prague)  Volume: 46   Issue: 2   Pages: 110-117   Published: 1974
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8.    DESCRIPTION OF RANUNCULUS REPENS L AND RANUNCULUS ARVENSIS L POLLEN
BOT, J; VANDERSP.MR
ACTA BOTANICA NEERLANDICA  Volume: 17   Issue: 3   Pages: 173-&   Published: 1968
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9.    SCREENING OF SOME PLANT EXTRACTS FOR ANTI FUNGAL PROPERTIES HELMINTHOSPORIUM-TURCICUM AMMANNIA-BACCIFERA-D AMMANNIA-MULTIFLORA-D ANAGALLIS-ARVENSIS-D ARTEMSIA-D CALLISTEMON-LANCEOLATUM-D CLEOME-VISCOSA-D ERIGERON-CANADENSIS-D ERIGERON-LINIFOLIUS-D LAWSONIA-ALBA-D LINDERNIA-D MOLLUGO-PENTAPHYLLA-D OCIMUM-SANCTUM-D RANUNCULUS-SCLERATUS-D TROPAEOLUM-MAJUS-D CELOSIA-ARGENTEA-D CELOSIA-GIGANTEA-D ECLIPTA-PROSTRATA-D GOMPHRENA-CELOSIODES-D OLDENLANDIA-CORYMBOSA-D THEVETIA-NEREIFOLIA-D ZORNIA-DIPHYLLA-D
NENE Y L; THAPLIYAL P N; KUMAR K
Labdev Journal of Science and Technology Part B Life Sciences  Volume: 6B   Issue: 4   Pages: 226-228   Published: 1968
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10.    Quelques considerations d'ordre evolutif a la suite des effets du 2,4-D sur la structure des carpelles de Ranunculus arvensis L.
Some evolutionary considerations on the effect of 2,4-D on the structure of the carpels of R. arvensis L.
FROMANTIN, J.
Revue generale de Botanique  Volume: 63   Issue: 749   Pages: 293-313   Published: 1956

11.    Modifications obtenues sur Ranunculus arvensis par application du 2,4-D
Modifications of Ranunculus arvensis from the application of 2,4-D
FROMANTIN, J.
BULL SOC HIST NAT TOULOUSE  Volume: 90   Issue: (1/2)   Pages: 157-162   Published: 1955

12.    Di alcune piante medicinali: Anagallis arvensis L., Ononis spinosa L., Poterium sanguisorbal L., Ranunculus ficaria L.
[About some medicinal plants: Anagallis arvensis, Ononis spinosa, Poterium sanguisorbal, Ranunculus ficaria].
VACCARI, A
Annali di medicina navale  Volume: 59   Issue: 3   Pages: 304-15   Published: 1954 May-Jun
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13.    An ontogenetic analysis of Ranunculus arvensis Linn
BURKILL, I. H.
JOUR BOT  Volume: 79   Issue: (944)   Pages: 121-131   Published: 1941

14.    Ranunculus arvensis nanellus
TAMMES, T.
REC TRAV BOT NEERL  Volume: 25a   Issue: (DeVries-volume)   Pages: 409-415   Published: 1928