The right photograph at least is clearly *Rheum* ×*rhabarbarum* L. Petioles are commonly sold here in California. These are red and colour and eaten raw as fruit. We used to give this as an example of fruit which is not botanically a fruit in our teaching classes.
Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 3:14 AM, Nabha Meghani <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> >> *To:* efloraofindia <[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 >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
