Rheum officinale Baill.

Scientific Names

Rheum officinale Baill.

Region name
Malay: rhubarb
Sunda: Kalemba
Central Java: Kalembak
Madura: rhubarb
classification

Division: Spermatophyta
Sub Division: Angiospermae
Class: Dicotyledonae
Nation: Polygonales
Tribe: Polygonaceae
Marga: Rheum
Type: Rheum officinale Baill.
The characteristics

Habitus: shrubs, annual, 25-80 cm high.
Stem: Short, contained in the ground, grooved transverse, massive, brown.
Leaves: Single, oval, heart shape and hairy base, pointed tip, flat edge, stemmed 10-40 cm, the base of the petiole hugging stems, 10-35 cm long, 8-30 cm wide, green.
Interest: Compound, androgynous or single, merged into a branched panicle, the crown of the six strands arranged in a circle, nine stamens, the fruit will form a triangle, curved stalk pistil, the stigma thick, greenish white.
Fruit: Rice, three-winged, oval, red.
Roots: riding, soft, round, light brown.
Chemical Ingredients

Roots and leaves of rhubarb contain flavonoids, in addition to the roots also contain glycosides and saponins, while the leaves also contain polyphenols.
property

Rhubarb root efficacious as a cathartic and also used to flavor cigarettes.

For cathartic use ± 10 grams of fresh rhubarb roots, boiled with 1 cup water for 15 minutes. after cold filtered. Distillate sakaligus drunk.