Rheum altaicum Losinsk.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Rheum

Characteristics

Herbs large, 50-100 cm tall. Stem erect, hollow, finely sulcate, glabrous. Petiole of basal leaf ca. as long as blade, slender, glabrous; leaf blade ovate-cordate or triangular-ovate, 15-30 × 13-22 cm, abaxially papilliferous or pubescent, adaxially glabrous, base cordate, margin slightly sinuolate, apex obtuse. Stem leaves 1-3, shortly or very shortly petiolate, smaller, sometimes ca. as long as wide; ocrea brown, 3-6 cm, abaxially with very short hairs, clasping. Panicle narrowly ovate, large. Pedicel slender, jointed below middle. Flowers small, 4-7-fascicled. Tepals yellow-white, oblong or narrowly elliptic, inner 3 larger, ca. 1.5 × 1 mm. Stamens equal to perianth. Fruit oblong-ellipsoid, small, 5.5-7.5 × 4.5-6 mm, rarely retuse at both ends; wings narrow, 1-1.5 mm wide, with longitudinal veins at middle. Seeds black-brown, broadly ovoid. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 1.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-7

Usage

Uses food medicinal poison
Edible flowers fruits leaves stems
Therapeutic use Anti-bacterial agents (leaf), Amenorrhea (unspecified), Antilactogogue (unspecified), Aperient (unspecified), Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Endometritis (unspecified), Fatality (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Wart (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 15 - 24
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Rheum altaicum world distribution map, present in China and Kazakhstan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:696711-1
WFO ID wfo-0001101651
COL ID 78TJJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rheum altaicum Rheum rhaponticum