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Rheum undulatum

Scientific Name
Rheum undulatum
Family Name
Polygonaceae
Common Names
Local Names
Daehwang (Korea)
Description
Much-branched annual; stems erect, 50-100cm Long, soft-pubescent above; leavesnarrowly so, 2-5cm Long, 2-8mm Wide, subacuminate to acute, gradually narrowedbelow and petioled in the lower ones, subtrinerved, more or less long-pilose; flowersfew, in axillary fascicles, sessile, pale green, often foming a terminal spike by thereduction of the upper leaves; perianth urceolate-globose, depressed, 5-merous, thesegments subdeltoid, the wing on back horizontal, spreading, subchartaceous; stylesvery short, the stigmas 2, slender; seeds about1.5mm across, broadly obovate,enclosed in the slightly accrescent perianth. (Korea)
A perennial herbaceous plant, the peduncle of which reach 150-200cm in height.(Mongolia)
Uses
Strengthen-stomache, laxative (Korea)
Gastro-intestinal diseases, furunculosis (Mongolia)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Korea - Gyeongbuk Euseong Natural Product Experimantal Station
Mongolia - Khentei, Khangai, Mongol-Daurian, Great Khingan, Middle Khalkha,East Gobi, Gobi Altai.
Remarks
Rheum undulatum (GRIN)

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