Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rheum rhaponticum L. [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	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bag ki rubarb	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
false rhubarb	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rhapontic	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
rhapontic rhubarb	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, rhizome		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

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

Rheum undulatum Pall. Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 317 (1776), sensu auct.
Rhabarbarum rhaponticum (L.) Moench Methodus: 628 (1794).
Rheum esculentum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 257 (1796), nom. superfl.
Rheum rotundatum Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 429 (1812).
Rheum rotundifolium Fisch. ex Sweet Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 440 (1830), not validly publ.
Rheum sibiricum Pall. ex Siev. Neueste Nord. Beytr. Phys. Geogr. Erd- Völkerbeschreib. 7: 264 (1796).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rheum rhaponticum	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Rheum rhaponticum L.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rheum undulatum Pall.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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