Rheum moorcroftianum

Royle

Dolya, Dolu

Polygonaceae Edible: Leaf stalks 14 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A herb which keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are at the base. The leaves are boat shaped. They are thick and leathery. They are hairy underneath. The flowering spikes are 55 cm tall. The flowers are green and turn pink-purple.

Edible Uses

The leaf stalks are eaten raw or after light roasting.

Traditional Uses

The leaf stalks are eaten raw or after light roasting. (They are claimed to prevent altitude sickness)

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Medicinal Uses

Traditionally claimed to prevent altitude sickness.

Distribution

It is a temperate plant. It grows between 3500-4500 m altitude in Uttar Pradesh in India. In China it grows between 4,500-5,300 m above sea level.

Where It Grows

Afghanistan, Asia, Central Asia, China, Himalayas, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tibet,

Also Known As

Boke, Chum tsa, Chuma-tsi, Khajo, Shorchen, Umjoe

References (7)

Ambasta S.P. (Ed.), 2000, The Useful Plants of India. CSIR India. p 520
Bhattarai, S and Chaudary, R. P., 2009, Wild Edible Plants Used by the People of Manang District, Central Nepal. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 48:1-20
Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 5
Flora of Pakistan. www.eFloras.org
Ghimire, S. K., et al, 2008, Non-Timber Forest Products of Nepal Himalaya. WWF Nepal p 116

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Ill. bot. Himal. Mts. 1:315, 318. 1836
Negi, K.S., 1988, Some little known wild edible plants of U.P. Hills. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Vol. 12 No. 2 pp 345-360