Rheum australe

Rheum australe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Rheum
Species:
R. australe
Binomial name
Rheum australe
Synonyms[1]
  • Rheum emodi Wall. ex Meisn.

Rheum australe, synonym Rheum emodi, is a flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae.[1] It is commonly known as Himalayan rhubarb,[2][3] Indian rhubarb[2] and Red-veined pie plant.[2] It is a medicinal herb used in the Indian Unani system of medicine, and formerly in the European system of medicine where it was traded as Indian rhubarb.[4] The plant is found in the sub-alpine and alpine Himalayas at an altitude of 4000 m.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference POWO_696713-1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c "Rheum australe - Himalayan Rhubarb". Flowers of India. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  3. ^ Eisenreich, Dan (1996–2010). "Rhubarb Botanical Information". The Rhubarb Compendium. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  4. ^ Alam, Shamshad; Khan, Naeem A. (2015). "Rhubarb (Rewand), A Review" (PDF). Hamdard Medicus. 58 (1): 84–96. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  5. ^ Pandith, Shahzad A.; Dar, Riyaz Ahmad; Lattoo, Surrinder K.; Shah, Manzoor A.; Reshi, Zafar A. (2018-06-01). "Rheum australe, an endangered high-value medicinal herb of North Western Himalayas: a review of its botany, ethnomedical uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology". Phytochemistry Reviews. 17 (3): 573–609. doi:10.1007/s11101-018-9551-7. ISSN 1572-980X. PMC 7088705. PMID 32214920.