Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akar kalembak	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
akar kelembak	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010)
amlaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bine rêwaz	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
chinese rhubarb	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
chinesischer rhabarber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chum tsa	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
chuòng diêp dai hoàng	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
da huang	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
dahuang	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
dahuang liujingao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
dai hoàng	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
daioh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
daiou	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ekstrak kental akar kelembak	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
extractum rhei liquidum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
gebräuchlicher rhabarber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kelembak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
khelembak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kot nam tao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ladakirevanda-chini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lcum rtsa	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
läkerabarber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
medicinal rhubarb	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
powdered rhubarb	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
radix et rhizoma rhei	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rawind	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
regî rêwaz	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
rewand chini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rhabarbarum	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rhabarberwurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rhei officinalis radici extractum spissum	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
rhei officinalis radix	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010)
rhei radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Rheum spp., rad. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
rhei radix et rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhei rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
rhei rhizoma et radix	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
rhei rhizoma pulveratum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
rheum	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
rhizoma rhei	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rhubarb	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Rheum spp., rad. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rhubarb liquid extract	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhubarb root	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rhubarbe	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
rhubarbe officinale	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rhubard de chine	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ruibarbo	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
ruibarbo de la china	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ruibarbo, raíz	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
ruibarbo-da-china	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
südchinesischer rhabarber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ta-huang	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
tabellae rhei preparata	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
tibetan rhubarb	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
turkey rhubarb	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
usaare rewand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
xinqingning pian	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
xinqingning tablets	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
yao yong da huang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
đại hoàng	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
ལྕུམ་རྩ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
‫اروند‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
ダイオウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
ダイオウ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
大黃	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
大黄	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
大黄茎	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
underground parts		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Root		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Rheum spp., rad. (2007)
root and rhizome	dried root and rhizome	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Root		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Rhizome, root		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
root and rhizome	dried and peeled root and rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
rhizome and root	rhizome and root	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
root & rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Root		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
rhizome, root	liquid extract prepared from dried root and rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root	whole or cut, dried underground parts	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
underground parts	whole or cut, dried underground parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
rhizome	rhizome	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
root	dried whole or cut root	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
root	tincture, vegetal drug, dry extract, fluid extract, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
rhizome, root	dried rhizomes and roots, cut	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
root and rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
underground parts	Rhubarb consists of the whole or cut, dried underground parts. The underground parts are often divided; the stem and most of the bark with the rootlets are removed.	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
root and rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
órganos subterráneos secos, enteros o cortados		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
root, rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rheum baillonii F.Heim Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1015 (1892).
Rheum pichonii Pierre ex A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 22: 480 (1942).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rheum offi cinale	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)
Rheum officinale	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Rheum officinale BailIon	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Rheum officinale Baill	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
Rheum officinale Baill.	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rheum officinale Baill. Radix et Rhizoma Rhei	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Rheum officinale Baillon	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Rheum spp., rad. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Rheum officinale Baillon.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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