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Botanical record

Rheum palmatum

Rheum palmatum is recorded under 1 local name in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across ijn.

Accepted botanical name
Rheum palmatum
Names as published
Rheum palmatum L.
Parts reported
leaf and stem
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 2888864 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-09-13

Local names recorded for Rheum palmatum

Sanko uses this survey for its published name mapping and reported plant parts only. The subject the survey investigated is not a therapeutic claim about this plant.

Local nameLanguageWhere recordedSource
Oshishili ijn all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethno medicinal survey of plants used by the indigenes of Rivers State of Nigeria — Table 1, row 143