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Rumex hymenosepalus, commonly known as canaigre, canaigre dock, ganagra, wild rhubarb, Arizona dock, and tanner's dock, [2] is a perennial flowering plant which is native to the North American deserts in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is a common food plant of the ruddy copper larvae. [3]
Rumex alpinus, common name monk's-rhubarb, [1] Munk's rhubarb [2] or Alpine dock, is a leafy perennial herb in the family Polygonaceae. It is native to upland areas of Europe and Western Asia. It is native to upland areas of Europe and Western Asia.
Rhubarb is grown primarily for its fleshy leafstalks, technically known as petioles. The use of rhubarb stalks as food is a relatively recent innovation. This usage was first recorded in 18th- to 19th-century England after affordable sugar became more widely available. [22] [24]
The edible portion is the inner stalk (stem) whose sap is a source of sugar. In its raw form chewing or extraction through a juicer extracts its juice. Sugar maple Xylem sap from the tree trunks is made into maple sugar and maple syrup. Taro The edible portion is the underground stem (corm). Wasabi
Sap on rhubarb stalk caused by L. concavus. The adult rhubarb curculio overwinters in leaf litter or other similar sites and appears in mid-May. The adult makes feeding and egg punctures in the crowns, roots, and stalks; a jelly-like sap exudes from the wounds as glistening drops of gum, often with extraneous material trapped within.
Rheum ribes, the Syrian rhubarb or currant-fruited rhubarb, [2] or warty-leaved rhubarb, [3] is an edible wild rhubarb species in the genus Rheum.It grows between 1000 and 4000 m on dunite rocks, among stones and slopes, and is now distributed in the temperate and subtropical regions of the world, chiefly in Western Asia (Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia) to Afghanistan ...
Rheum rhabarbarum is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to a region stretching from southern Siberia to north and central China. [1] It has been harvested from the wild for centuries for its root, which was harvested for use as a popular medicine in Europe and Asia.
It is commonly called Chinese rhubarb, [1] [2] ornamental rhubarb, [3] Turkey rhubarb [2] or East Indian rhubarb. [2] Rheum palmatum is a herbaceous perennial related to the edible rhubarb. It is primarily used in traditional medicine, and as an ornamental subject in the garden.