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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Rhamnaceae

Order
  
Rosales

Genus
  
Frangula Mill.

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Similar
  
Frangula alnus, Rhamnus cathartica, Gratiola officinalis, Hairy lady's mantle, Stachys officinalis

Frangula alnus rhamnaceae


Frangula is a genus of about 35 accepted species of shrubs or small trees, commonly known as buckthorns in the flowering plant family Rhamnaceae.

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Fitoterapia frangula


Description

Frangula is a genus of deciduous shrubs with alternate, simple leaves with stipules, buds without bud scales, branches without spines and flowers with five petals and undivided styles. The fruits are 2 to 4-seeded berries.

Selected species include:

  • Frangula betulifolia – birchleaf buckthorn
  • Frangula californica – California buckthorn, coffeeberry
  • Frangula caroliniana – Carolina buckthorn, Indian cherry (orth. var. R. carolinianus)
  • Frangula alnus – alder buckthorn, glossy buckthorn, breaking buckthorn, black dogwood
  • Frangula purshiana – cascara buckthorn (orth. var. R. purshianus)
  • Frangula rubra – red buckthorn

    • The European species, alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus) was of major military importance in the 15th to 19th centuries, as its wood provided the best quality charcoal for gunpowder manufacture.

    References

    Frangula Wikipedia
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