Rheum compactum L.

Rhubarbe rhapontique (fr), Rhubarbe sauvage (fr), Rhubarbe cultivée (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Rheum

Characteristics

Herbs large, ca. 1 m tall. Rhizomes and roots dark brown, stout. Stem erect, hollow, glabrous. Petiole of basal leaf subterete, shorter than or ca. as long as blade, muricate beneath; leaf blade ovate-cordate, rarely ovate, large, 20-30 cm in diam., sometimes slightly longer than wide, abaxially pubescent, adaxially glabrous, basal veins 5-7, base cordate, margin entire, apex obtuse. Stem leaves shorter petiolate, small; ocrea short, glabrous or slightly muricate. Panicle large, densely branched. Pedicel slender, jointed below middle. Flowers fascicled. Tepals yellow, elliptic, subequal, ca. 2 mm. Fruit broadly ellipsoid to oblong-ellipsoid, ca. 1.2 × 1.1 cm, both ends cordate; wings narrower than seeds, ca. 3 mm wide, with longitudinal veins at middle. Seeds dark brown, ovoid to broadly ovoid. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug. 2n = 22, 44.
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A large herb. It grows 1 m tall. The rhizomes and roots are dark brown and stout. The stems are erect and hollow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Banks of rivers and brooks, valleys and slopes. Slopes; at elevations around 2,000 metres.
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It grows at about 2,000 m above sea level.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses gene source medicinal
Edible leaves stems
Therapeutic use Cancer(Breast) (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°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Rheum compactum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:696719-1
WFO ID wfo-0001101241
COL ID 4S69Z
BDTFX ID 55857
INPN ID 117578
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Synonyms

Rheum orientale Rheum compactum Rheum nutans