Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rheum spiciforme Royle [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amlaparni	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chekri	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
chu rtsa	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
chu tsa	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
chükürü	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
shpod	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
tatari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
чүкөрү	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
شپاد	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
چکری	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
ཆུ་རྩ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root (Rhizome)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rheum aplostachyum Kar. & Kir. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15: 442 (1842).
Rheum crassinervium Fisch. ex Lindl. Fl. Med.: 359 (1838).
Rheum cuneatum Regel & Herder Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 37(I): 387 (1864), nom. nud.
Rheum reticulatum Losinsk. Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3: 112 (1937).
Rheum rhizostachyum Schrenk Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 10: 254 (1842).
Rheum scaberrimum Lingelsh. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 12: 358 (1922).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rheum speciforme Royle	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rheum spiciforeme Royle	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Rheum spiciforme Royle	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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