Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rheum officinale Baill. [Polygonaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akar kalembak	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 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)
bold flat	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
buchauan rhubarb	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chiang chun	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
chinese rhubarb	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
cin ravendi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
da huang	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) 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) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
dahuang liujingao	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
dai hoàng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
daioh	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
daiou	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ekstrak kental akar kelembak	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
english rhubarb	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
english stick rhubarb	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
extractum rhei liquidum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
gebräuchlicher rhabarber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
huang liang	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kelembak	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
khelembak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kot nam tao	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 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)
medicinel rhubarb	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
powdered rhubarb	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
rad rhei ang	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
radix et rhizoma rhei	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
rawind	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
rhabarberwurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 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 Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
rhei radix et rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhei rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
rhei rhizoma et radix	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
rhei rhizoma pulveratum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
rheum	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
rhizoma rhei	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
rhubarb	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Rheum spp., rad. (2007) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
rhubarb liquid extract	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
rhubarb root	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
rhubarbe	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
rhubarbe officinale	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rhubard de chine	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ruibarbo	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) 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)
siberian rhubarb	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
südchinesischer rhabarber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ta huang	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ta-huang	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
tabellae rhei preparata	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
tai wong	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tibetan rhubarb	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
turkey rhubarb	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
usaare rewand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
xinqingning pian	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
xinqingning tablets	Other	Pharmacop. 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. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
رباص	Other	Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015)
عطرفان	Other	Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015)
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 Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
ダイオウ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 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	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
underground parts		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Root		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Rheum spp., rad. (2007)
root, 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, rhizome	dried and peeled root and rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rizomas, raízes		Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
root		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
rhizome, root	rhizome and root	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
root, rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Root		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
rhizome, root	dried root, dried rhizome	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
root	whole or cut, dried underground parts	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
underground parts	whole or cut, dried underground parts	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
rhizome	rhizome	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
root	dried whole or cut root	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
root		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
rhizome, root	dried rhizomes and roots, cut	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
root, rhizome		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
underground parts	whole dried underground parts, cut dried underground parts	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
root, rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
órganos subterráneos	órganos subterráneos secos, enteros o cortados	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
root, rhizome		Korean Pharmacop., 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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) 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 BAILLON	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Rheum officinale BailIon	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Rheum officinale Baill	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 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) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) 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) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., 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 Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) 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 Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Rheum spp., rad. (2007) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: 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)
Rheum officinalis	Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015)

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