Appearance
The Syrian rhubarb is a dichotomously branched perennial stout herb, up to 1 m tall. Has thick perennial rhizomes, annual large bean-like reddish-green leaves with stalks, edible flower stalks, yellowish small paniculated flowers, three-sided ovate-oblong nut and broad red winged dull brown seeds. Stem solid, warty, leafy below, leafless above. Irano-Turanian Region or Iran-Turan Plant Geography Region element.Naming
*Arabic: ''rībās'' or ''rāvandu'r-rībāṣ'' , in old Arabic , as in the pre-Islamic poetry of Abu Du'ad al-Iyadi⤷ Hebrew ''ribes hermoni''
⤷ Zazaki ''rıbês''
⤷ Kurdish ''ribêz, rêvaz, rêvas, rêwas, rêwaz''
⤷ Persian ''rīvās''
⤷ Syriac ''yaġmīṣā''
⤷ Turkish ''ışgın''. From Middle Turkic Divânu Lügati't-Türk by Mahmud al-Kashgari: ''ışgun''
⤷ Azerbaijani ''qarağat rəvəndi''
⤷ Armenian ''xanjil haġarǰi'' or Turkish loanword ''išxun''
⤷ Dari ''čukri''
Uses
''Rheum ribes'' is the source of one of the most important crude drugs in West Asiatic regions. These plant vitamins A, B, C are seen in abundance. Syrian rhubarb root is used traditionally to treat diabetes, hemorrhoids, ulcers, and diarrhea. The plant is also used as a digestive and appetizer in Bitlis, Turkey. Traditional herbal medicine stem and root dry plant for the treatment of anemia, anorexia, weakness, anxiety, depression and diabetes. Traditionally ''Rheum ribes'' has been used in Iran as sedative and mood enhancer.The anthraquinones chrysophanol, parietin and emodin, the flavonoids quercetin, fisetin, quercetin 3-0-rhamnoside, quercetin 3-0-galactoside and quercetin 3-0-rutinoside were isolated from the shoots of Syrian rhubarb.
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