Polygonaceae
Chinese rhubarb
Rheum palmatum
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Rheum
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- جذر الراوند, رواند صيني
- Chinese
- 大黄, 大黄茎, 掌叶大黄, 掌叶大黄（北大黄）, 葵叶大黄
- Czech
- Reveň dlanitá
- English
- Chinese rhubarb, East Indian rhubarb, Ornamental rhubarb, Turkey rhubarb
- Finnish
- Koristeraparperi
- German
- Handförmiger Rhabarber, Handlappiger Rhabarber, Zier-Rhabarber
- Italian
- Rabarbaro cinese
- Polish
- Rzewień Chiński, Rabarbar Dłoniasty, Rzewień Palczasty, Rzewień dłoniasty
- Russian
- Ревень пальчатый, Ревень тангутский
- Slovak
- Rebarbora okrasná
- Swedish
- Flikrabarber
- Turkish
- Ravent
- Welsh
- Rhiwbob addurniadol
Synonyms
- Rheum palmatum var. tanguticum Maxim. ex Regel
- Rheum potaninii Losinsk.
- Rheum qinlingense Y.K.Yang, D.K.Zhang & J.K.Wu
Photos
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexander Klink, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexander Klink, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.