Indian rhubarb: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Indian rhubarb in English is the name of a plant defined with Rheum australe in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rheum emodi Wall. (among others).

2) Indian rhubarb is also identified with Rheum webbianum It has the synonym Rheum webbiana Royle.

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Numer. List (1727)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· The Flora of British India (1886)
· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis (1825)
· Illustrations of the Botany … of the Himalayan Mountains (1839)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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