rheum palmatum

Rheum palmatum is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family Polygonaceae. It is commonly called Chinese rhubarb, ornamental rhubarb, Turkey rhubarb or East Indian rhubarb.Rheum palmatum is a herbaceous perennial related to the edible rhubarb. It is primarily used in traditional medicine, and as an ornamental subject in the garden.

Agnia Losina-Losinskaja proposed classifying it in the section Palmata in the Flora SSSR in 1936. In the 1998 Flora Republicae popularis Sinicae A. R. Li maintains ...