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Rhubarb
Rheum rhabarbarum
Rhubarb · Daržovinis rabarbaras · Garden rhubarb · Garden rhubarb (EN) · Gegolfde rabarber · Gemüse-Rhabarber · Gewöhnlicher Rhabarber · Hullámos rebarbara · Matrabarber · Rabarbar kędzierzawy · Rabarbaro · Rabarber · Rabarbo · Rhabarber · Rhubarbe
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, France
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Astringent, Depurative, Tonic, Laxative
Science studied: ACETIC-ACID, ALUMINUM, ANHYDRORHAPONTIGENIN, ANTHRAQUINONE-GLYCOSIDES
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Polygonaceae
Scientific name: Rheum rhabarbarum
Common names: Rhubarb, Daržovinis rabarbaras, Garden rhubarb, Garden rhubarb (EN), Gegolfde rabarber, Gemüse-Rhabarber, Gewöhnlicher Rhabarber, Hullámos rebarbara, Matrabarber, Rabarbar kędzierzawy, Rabarbaro, Rabarber, Rabarbo, Rhabarber, Rhubarbe
POWO: 301818-2 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Turkey, France.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Astringent
- Depurative
- Tonic
- Laxative
- Stomachic
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Turkey
- France
Documented cultural uses
- Astringent
- Depurative
- Tonic
- Laxative
- Stomachic
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Astringent · Turkey · "
- Depurative · Turkey · "
- Tonic · Turkey · "
- Laxative · France · "
- Laxative · Turkey · "
- Stomachic · Turkey · "
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Impact of growing media on yield, biochemical, and physiological characteristics of Rheum rhabarbarum L · 2024 source ↗
- Utilizing network pharmacology and other tools to examine active components and mechanism of action of Magnolia officinalis rheum rhabarbarum decoction in treating Streptococcus pyogenes skin infections. · 2025 source ↗
- <i>Rheum rhaponticum</i> and <i>Rheum rhabarbarum</i> Extracts as Modulators of Endothelial Cell Inflammatory Response. · 2023 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETIC-ACID
- ALUMINUM
- ANHYDRORHAPONTIGENIN
- ANTHRAQUINONE-GLYCOSIDES
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- BORON
- CADMIUM
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- BETA-CAROTENE
- (+)-CATECHIN-5-O-GLUCOSIDE
- CHROMIUM
- CHRYSARONE-METHYL-ETHER
- CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID
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- CHRYSOPHANIN
- CHRYSOPHANOL-1-O-GLUCOSIDE
- CHRYSOPHANOL-8-O-GLUCOSIDE
- CHRYSORHAPONTIN
- 2-O-CINNAMOYLGLUCOGALLIN
- CITRIC-ACID
- COPPER
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- CYANIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE
- DESOXYRHAPONTICIN
- 1,6-DI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE
- EMODIN
- EMODIN-8-O-GLUCOSIDE
- EMODIN-METHYL-ETHER
- EO
- FAT
- FERULIC-ACID
- FIBER
- FLUORINE
- FUMARIC-ACID
- FRANGULA-EMODIN-ANTHRONE
- GALLIC-ACID
- GALLIC-ACID-3-O-(6'-O-GALLOYL)-GLUCOSIDE
- GALLIC-ACID-4-O-(6'-O-GALLOYL)-GLUCOSIDE
- 6-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE
- 1-O-GALLOYL-GLYCEROL
- GLYCOCHRYSARONE
- GLYCOGALLIN
- 4-(P-HYDROXYPHENYL)BUTANONE-O-GLUCOSIDE
- IRON
- ISOEMODIN
- ISOLINDLEYIN
- ISORHAPONTIGENIN
- LACTIC-ACID
- LINDLEYIN
- LUTEIN
- MAGNESIUM
- MALIC-ACID
- MANGANESE
- MERCURY
- MOLYBDENUM
- NIACIN
- NICKEL
- OXALIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYSCION
- PICEATANNOL-3'-O-GLUCOSIDE
- POTASSIUM
- PROCYANIDIN-B1,3'-O-GALLATE
- PROTEIN
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-0-RUTINOSIDE
- RHAPONTIC-ACID
- RHAPONTICIN
- RHAPONTIGENIN
- RHEINOSIDES
- RIBOFLAVIN
- RUBIDIUM
- RUTIN
- SELENIUM
- SENNOSIDE-B
- SILICON
- SINAPIC-ACID
- SUCCINIC-ACID
- THIAMIN
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- TORACHRYSONE-8-O-GLUCOSIDE
- 1,2,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE
- 3,5,4'-TRIHYDROXYSTILBENE-4'-O-GLUCOSIDE
- 3,5,4'-TRIHYDROXYSTILBENE-4'-O-(6'-O-GALLOYL)-GLUCOSIDE
- WATER
- ARSENIC
- CALCIUM-OXALATE
- PROCYANIDIN-B-2-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE
- 3,3',5-TRIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXYSTILBEN-3-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- ALOE-EMODIN-8-O-GLUCOSIDE
- ANTHRONES
- (+)-CATECHIN
- CHRYSARONE
- CHRYSOPHANOL
- CHRYSOPONTIN
- COBALT
- CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
- DIHYDROXYGLUTAMIC-ACID
- FOLACIN
- GLUCOCHRYSARONE
- 6-HYDROXYMUSIZIN-8-O-GLUCOSIDE
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- LEAD
- MAGNESIUM-OXALATE
- METHYL-CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID
- NITROGEN
- PECTINS
- PHYSCION-8-O-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE
- RHEIN
- SENNOSIDE-A
- SULFUR
- VANILLIC-ACID
- ZINC
- BROMINE
- SODIUM
- (-)-EPICATECHIN
- (-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
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- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
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