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
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