Fruits & Vegetables Week: Rheum rhabarbarm, Rhubarb a fruit that is not a fruit

[Gurcharan Singh]

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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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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[tanay bose]

Thanks Sir Ji for the info

These are new for me

tanay

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Tanay Bose

Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
Department of Botany.
University of British Columbia .
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