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Rheum rhaponticum

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	single stem
Habit	erect	Category	vegetables, medicinals & aromatic
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	15	24	5	30	Soil texture	medium, organic	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	800	1300	400	2000	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	40	-	60	65	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7	5.3	7.8	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	clear skies	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-15	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	home garden, small scale (manual)	Crop cycle	60	330
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	vitamins	seeds
food & beverage	minerals	seeds
food & beverage	vitamins	fruits
food & beverage	minerals	fruits
food & beverage	vitamins	leaves
food & beverage	minerals	leaves
poison	mammals	leaves
medicinal	digestive system applications	buds
medicinal