Rhubarb
Rhubarb is one of about 60 plants in the genus Rheum, family Polygonaceae. The vegetable rhubarb is Rheum rhabarbarum (or Rheum x hybridum). The leaves are somewhat toxic because they have oxalic acid, but the red stalks are baked in pies, with sugar to soften their tart flavor.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Rheum |
| Species: | R. rhabarbarum
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| Rheum rhabarbarum | |
There are many varieties grown for eating. The drug rheum is prepared from the rhizomes and roots of another species, R. officinale or medicinal rhubarb.
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Rhubarb Media
Rabarber (Rheum rhabarbarum) 'Frambozenrood' bloeiwijze
A bundle of rhubarb, from an organic food co-op.
A homemade rhubarb pie
Two varieties of sima: original (left) and rhubarb (right)
Rhubarb displayed for sale at a market
A 19th-century apothecary jar for rhubarb
Dried strawberry-flavoured rhubarb
Old-fashioned strawberry-rhubarb pie
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