Polygonaceae
Chinese rhubarb
Rheum officinale
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Rheum
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- راوند مخزني, راوند, راوند صيني, ريوم
- arz
- راوند مخزنى
- ban
- Klembak
- Bulgarian
- Лечебен ревен
- Chinese
- 药用大黄, 馬蹄大黃, 大黄, 大黄茎, 药用大黄(大黄、南大黄）, 高山大黄, 南大黄
- Danish
- Lægerabarber
- English
- Chinese rhubarb
- Finnish
- Rohtoraparperi
- grc
- Ῥᾶ
- Indonesian
- Klembak, Kelembak
- Javanese
- Klembak
- mad
- Klèmbâ'
- Malay
- Kelembak
- Persian
- ریوند چینی
- Polish
- Rzewień lekarski, Rabarbar lekarski
- Russian
- Ревень лекарственный
- Swedish
- Läkerabarber
- Thai
- ตั้งอึ๊ง
- Ukrainian
- Ревінь лікарський
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Chinese rhubarb: 大黃 Rheum officinale [比利時 Ghent University Botanical Garden, Belgium]](/plants/rheum-officinale/photos/6a679aa50240c5c6-l.webp)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hardyplants, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Drlectin, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Drlectin, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.