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Rheum rhabarbarum `Cawood Castle rhubarb`

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Rheum rhabarbarum `Cawood Castle rhubarb`
Family Polygonaceae
Genus Rheum
Species Rheum rhabarbarum
Common Name(s) Rhubarb
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This species is usually grown in the vegetable garden. The leaves and roots are poisonous. It is often prepared as the fruit in pies or in baking, You should plant the buds in the autumn and winter in mild climates and in early spring elsewhere.

Large dark green leaves which are poisonous, the long stems of the rhubarb are cooked and eaten.

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