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Rheum

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Polygonaceae

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Images about Rheum

2 images from works
  • A galled tree (Mimosa cinerea), a Jamaica pepper tree (Pimenta dioica) and a Turkey rhubarb plant (Rheum palmatum). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
  • Chinese or Turkish rhubarb (Rheum palmatum): flowering and fruiting stem with leaf. Coloured zincograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.

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    A galled tree (Mimosa cinerea), a Jamaica pepper tree (Pimenta dioica) and a Turkey rhubarb plant (Rheum palmatum). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

    | Date: [1827] | Reference: 27952i
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    Chinese or Turkish rhubarb (Rheum palmatum): flowering and fruiting stem with leaf. Coloured zincograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.

    Burnett, M. A., active 1850. | Date: [1839-42] | Reference: 23821i
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    Observations on the preparation of yellow bark and other medicines / by Richard Battley.

    Battley, Richard. | Date: 1838
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Plants, Medicinal

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