046. Rheum palmatum. Officinal rhubarb.
Classic texts: Woodville 1790-1794.
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Rheum rhabarbarum L.
Engl.: garden rhubarb, rhubarb, common garden rhubarb, English rhubarb, pieplant, sweet round-leaved dock.
Deu.: Gemeiner Rhabarber, Rhabarber, Krauser Rhabarber.
Sven.: rabarber, matrabarber.
Suom.: raparperi, tarharaparperi.
TCM: bo ye da huang.
Jap.: daio.
Pharm.: Austrian rhubarb, Bucharian rhubarb, French rhubarb, Siberian rhubarb.
Bot. syn.: Rheum rhabarbarum auct., Rheum rhaponticum auct., Rheum rhaponticum L. x palmatum L., Rheum undulatum L., Rheum x cultorum Thorsr. & Reis., Rheum x hybridum Murray.
Classic texts: Woodville 1790-1794.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1881.
Classic texts: Cook 1869.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
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