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Rheum rhabarbarum was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. [3] Linnaeus also described R. undulatum, but this is now considered to be the same species. [1]The name rha barbarum, Latin for 'foreign rha', was first used in the writings of Celsus, who uses the word to describe a valued medicinal root imported from the east.
The flowers have nine (sometimes six) stamina inserted on the torus at the base of the peranthium, they are free or subconnate at their base. The anthers are yellow or pinkish green, elliptic in shape. The ovary is simple and triangular shaped with three erect or deflexed styles. The stigmas are head-like.
It is commonly known as Himalayan rhubarb, [2] [3] Indian rhubarb [2] and Red-veined pie plant. [2] It is a medicinal herb used in the Indian Unani system of medicine, and formerly in the European system of medicine where it was traded as Indian rhubarb. [4] The plant is found in the sub-alpine and alpine Himalayas at an altitude of 4000 m. [5]
Rhubarb is the fleshy, edible stalks of species and hybrids (culinary rhubarb) of Rheum in the family Polygonaceae, which are cooked and used for food. [2] The plant is a herbaceous perennial that grows from short, thick rhizomes .
Thalictrum flavum, known by the common names common meadow-rue, [2] [3] poor man's rhubarb, [4] and yellow meadow-rue, [5] is a flowering plant species in the family Ranunculaceae. It is a native to Caucasus and Russia ( Siberia ).
Rheum officinale, the Chinese rhubarb, [3] [4] or Indian rhubarb [4] is a rhubarb from the family Polygonaceae native to China. [5] In Chinese it is called yào yòng dà huáng ( Chinese : 药用大黄 ), literally meaning medicinal rhubarb .
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Loosely branched clusters of matured red flowers found on the lobed-leafed Chinese rhubarb. Habit of Rheum palmatum. Its lobed leaves are large, jagged and hand-shaped, growing in width to two feet, but sometimes up to a full meter (3ft 3in) in width and length). The tiny pink flowers are in panicles up to five feet (1.5 meters) in height. [6]