Rhamnus Purshiana

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Rhamnus Purshiana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Rhamnus Purshiana, DC. Cascara Sagrada. Tall shrub to madium-sized tree, occasionally attaining 40 ft.: young branchlets pubescent or tomentose: lvs. elliptic to ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, usually denticulate, with often wavy margin, dark green above, glabrous or pubescent beneath, 1-7 in. long: peduncles longer than petioles: fr. globose, changing from red to black, about 1/3in. across, with 2-3 nutlets. Brit. Col. to Mont., Idaho, and N. Calif. S.S. 2:62, 63.—Cascara Sagrada bark is extensively collected in Ore. and Wash, for use in drug manufacture. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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