Rheum tibeticum Maxim. ex Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Rheum

Characteristics

Herbs short, 15-25 cm tall. Rhizome stout. Petiole of basal leaf short, 3-5(-10.5) cm, muricate, pubescent, or glabrous; leaf blade subcordate or cordate, 12-20(-28) × 13-21(-27) cm, leathery, abaxially pubescent near veins, adaxially glabrous, basal veins 5, base cordate or rounded, margin entire, apex obtuse. Panicle from tip of rhizome, branches spreading, pubescent or nearly glabrous; bracts very small. Pedicel short, 2-3.5 mm. Tepals light purple-red to yellowish green, elliptic, ca. 2.5 mm. Anthers yellow or dark brown. Fruit ovoid, ca. 10 × 8-9 mm, both ends retuse; wings red-brown to light brown, broader than achene, with longitudinal veins near margin. Seeds black-brown, narrowly ovoid. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug. 2n = 22.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 0.25
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Slopes; at elevations from 4,000-4,600 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves stems
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Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
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Images

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Distribution

Rheum tibeticum world distribution map, present in China and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:696806-1
WFO ID wfo-0001100874
COL ID 4S6CG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rheum tibeticum