Hallo to all.
I did not communicate for a long time because of lack of time. I am
afraid, this will not change in the near foture. But I remember you all
and your work, especially, now that the gardening season has started.
I think the fotos are from my garden.
As I am not a botanist, I cant "analyse" the Rhabarber I have in the
garden. We here exchange many plants with friends etc. They don't have
any Tag, what the exact name of the Plant is. And most of the people
differentiate between edible and non-edible. That applies to mushrooms
too. That is why i am not able to answer mushrooms-queries either.
I can just say, this Rhabarber is cultivated in Germany. Though I am not
sure, if another variety is also cultivated here. Sorry.
Nice to hear from you. Gargji, big respect to you and your work and to
the group. Keep on!
Nalini
Am 01.05.2014 09:14, schrieb JM Garg:
Flora of North America
<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242343402>
says "The name /Rheum rhaponticum/ Linnaeus appears to have been
misapplied widely to /R. rhabarbarum/ in North America. /Rheum
rhaponticum/, European rhubarb, is the only member of the genus
confined to Europe. Rare in the wild but widely cultivated, it is a
diploid (2/n/ = 22); /R. rhabarbarum/ is a tetraploid (B. Libert and
R. Englund 1989). A chromosome count of 2/n/ = 44 reported for /R.
rhaponticum/ from Wisconsin (N. A. Harriman 1981b) probably is from
/R. rhabarbarum/. "
While Flora of China
<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242343402>
says *Rheum rhabarbarum* Linnaeus is cultivated in Europe.
In view, identity of this post may pl. be confirmed ?
On Saturday, January 15, 2011 9:19:37 PM UTC+5:30, nabha wrote:
Here some fotos from my garden taken in may 2010.
Prof. Singh ji,
The leaves of this plan are NOT used as vegetable, as they contain
poisonous <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison> substances,
including oxalic acid <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalic_acid>.
Mainly the petioles are used to make jam and in cakes and
desserts. Jam of rhubarb with strawberry is very popular. In
may-june the rhubarb cake is sold and bought everywhere. After
june the amount of oxalic acid
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalic_acid> in the plant increases
and though there are quite a few petioles still coming out if the
soil, we don't consume them anymore.
Because of the oxalic acid
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalic_acid> people with osteoporose
are adviced not to eat Rhabarber.
In english wiki it says Rhubarb has been used for medical purposes
by the Chinese for thousands of years.
In german Wiki I found, that originally it comes from Himalayan
region. So don't know the correct origin.
My information is a bit different than yours. Perhaps we are using
different sources of information. But not using leaves, not after
june etc. is practised here in germany and I suppose in other
countries too.
In the first foto in the upper right corner the white flowers are
of *Garlic mustard* (/*Alliaria petiolata*/) german: Knoblauchsrauke.
Sending a foto in a different mail.
BTW. did i see a foto of अळू which looks similar to Rhabarber and
everypart of it is used as vegetable. Madhuri ji, remember अळूची
भाजी, अळूच्या वड्या?
I don't remember to have seen a foto of अळू or perhaps missed it.
Regards
Nalini
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Gurcharan Singh <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* efloraofindia <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Saturday, January 15, 2011 7:50 AM
*Subject:* [efloraofindia:60353] Fruits & Vegetables Week: Rheum
rhabarbarm, Rhubarb a fruit that is not a fruit
Rheum rhabarbarum, Rhubarb petioles, other names Garden rhubarb,
Pie plant, wine plant
A vegetable can be any part of the plant, but a fruit is
invariably a botanical fruit. Rhubarb is one of the few rare
examples of exception, here the fleshy petioles are consumed as a
fruit after making stews, also used in pies, sauces,
preserves, tarts and mixed with fruits for flavours. Extracted
juice is used for making wines and beverages.
The name Rhubarb has often been misapplied (even in text books) to
R. rhaponticum a native of Bulgaria, not generally cultivated
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