yes we eat here them raw or to make compote with strawberries, to cover
the cake.
It is also one of the important RUMTOPF ingrediants. Rumtopf, I think,
is typical german.
We start in April / may, until August different fruits are added, in
Winter is the time to try it, sitting next to the fire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumtopf
Enjoy!
Nalini
Am 01.05.2014 16:43, schrieb Gurcharan Singh:
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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/>
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 3:14 AM, Nabha Meghani <[email protected]
<mailto:[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 <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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