Arom & at al ic in P l ic a n d Tabin et al., Med Aromat Plants (Los Angeles) 2018, 7: t 2 e s M Medicinal & Aromatic Plants DOI: 10.4172/ 2167-0412.1000312 ISSN: 2167-0412 Research Article Open Access Micropropagation and Conservation of Rheum webbianum Collected from Zanaskar Valley via Tissue Culture Shagoon Tabin1,2*, Azra Kamili N1 and Gupta RC2 1Department of Botany, Centre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India 2Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India *Corresponding author: Shagoon Tabin, Department of Botany, Centre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India, Tel: +919419024683; E- mail:
[email protected] Received date: March 04, 2018; Accepted date: March 17, 2018; Published date: March 24, 2018 Copyright: © 2018 Tabin S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Abstract Rheum webbianum is one of the famous and popular medicinal plant found in Ladakh region. Rheum webbianum Royle is an important medicinal plant belonging to the family Polygonaceae. It is commonly known as ‘Himalayan Rhubarb’ in English, ‘Revandchini’ in Hindi, ‘Xu mi da huang’ in Chinese, and ‘Lachhu’ or ‘Chu-rtsa’ in Ladakh. It is native to Asia-Temperate to Asia-Tropical, from China to India, Nepal and Pakistan. In India, it is found in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh. In Jammu and Kashmir, it is grown on open slopes and shrubberies. Due to overexploitation the Rheum webbianum has become endangered.