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	History Varieties Cultivation Recipes There are many species of plants called rhubarb. Here is a list of common (and some not so common) rhubarbs. Botanical Name Common name Description Rheum rhaponticum Rheum x hybridum Rheum rhabarbarum Rheum x cultorum Rhubarb Garden Rhubarb Bastard Rhubarb Sweet Round-leaved Dock English Rhubarb Wine Plant Strong perennial, with thick clustered roots. Similar in medicinal action to Turkey Rhubarb or Chinese Rhubarb, though milder. It is derived from Rheum palmatum, and from Rheum officinale. It has blunt, smooth leaves; large, thick roots, running deep into the ground, reddish-brown outside and yellow within, and stems 2 to 3 feet high, jointed and purplish. The flowers are white. Rheum ribes   Perennial, typical height 1.5 m. ( 4.9ft.) Leaf stem - cooked. Eaten raw by the people of Turkey and Iraq. Rheum spiciforme   Perennial, typical height 30 cm. (11 in.) E. Asia - Himalayas. Leaf stem - raw or cooked. The root is used as a purgative. Rheum tataricum Tartarian rhubarb   Rheum tibeticum     Rheum undulatum   4-5 feet (1.25-1.5 m) tall, Earlier and smaller than R. rhaponticum Rhubarb Cultivation >>

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