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Rhubarb

Popular Yorkshire “fruit”, once a medicine

Rhubarb (Rheum x hybridum(?)) was probably first grown in northern China and was used as medicine there at least 2000 years ago. It was traded into Europe about 500 years ago, but only used for medicine at first.

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Author VVmasterPosted on 2023-08-182023-08-18Categories Crop History

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