Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rheum palmatum 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:
akar kalembak	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
amlaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinese rhubarb	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
chinese rhubard	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chuòng diêp dai hoàng	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
da huang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
dahuang	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
dahuang liujingao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
dai hoàng	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
daioh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
daiou	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
extractum rhei liquidum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
flikrabarber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
handlappiger rhabarber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kelembak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kot nam tao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
medicinal rhubarb	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
medizinal-rhabarber	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
medizinalrhabarber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ornamental rhubarb	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
powdered rhubarb	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
rabarbaro	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rabárbarbo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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)
revalchini kattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
revand-chini	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
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 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) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
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) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 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) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
rhubarb liquid extract	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhubarb root	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rhubarbe	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
rhubarbe palmée	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rhubard de chine	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rivand chini	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
rivand-e-chini	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ruibarbo	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
ruibarbo de levante	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ruibarbo, raíz	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
rāvand	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ta-huang	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
tabellae rhei preparata	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
turkey rhubarb	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
turkish rhubard	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
variatoo kalung	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
xinqingning pian	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
xinqingning tablets	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
zhang ye da huang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
راوند	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ریوند چینی	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
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	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
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)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Rheum spp., rad. (2007)
root and rhizome	dried root and rhizome	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Rhizome, root		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Root		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Root		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Root with Rhizome, Root, Rhizome		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
root and rhizome	dried and peeled root and rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
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)
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)
Root (Rhizome)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
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 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rhabarbarum palmatum (L.) Moench Methodus: 628 (1794).
Rheum potaninii Losinsk. Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3: 78 (1937).
Rheum qinlingense Y.K.Yang, D.K.Zhang & J.K.Wu Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 12: 309 (1992).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rheum palmatum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Rheum palmatum L	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999)
Rheum palmatum L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) EMA Com. Monog.: Rheum spp., rad. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rheum palmatum Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Rheum palmatum Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rheum palmatum Linne	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Rheum palmatum Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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