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Plants stand erect up to several feet in height and have branching roots.
As rhubarb plants mature the rootstock gradually decays and a stem is formed above the ground. Of these acids malic predominates in all varieities. Medicinal cultivars of rhubarb are grown for their rhizomes and roots are larger than the roots of varieties grown as vegetables. In India the fruit is feremented into wine and even the seeds are eaten in times of drought and lack of food. It was then imported to Russia where it still grows wild.