Rhamnus cathartica
Read about Rhamnus cathartica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Rhamnus cathartica, Linn. Buckthorn. Hart's-thorn. Waythorn. Rhineberry. Fig. 3370. Shrub or small tree, attaining 12 ft., usually thorny: lvs. oval to elliptic or ovate, usually rounded at the base or cordate, obtuse or acute, crenulate- serrate, beneath green, glabrous or pubescent, 1 3/4-3 in. long: fls. in 2-5-fld. clusters, with 4 petals: fr. black, about 1/4in. across; seed with a furrow usually open only at the base. Eu., W. and N. Asia; often escaped from cult, and naturalized in the E. U. S. B.B. (ed. 2) 2:502. Gng. 9:2. H.W. 3, p. 56.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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