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6 to 10 m tall, sturdy tree, native to the Pacific coast of North America, from southern Canada to central California, see also under deciduous tree.
When young, the tree has gray, tomentose branches, the large leaves have finely toothed edges, the flowers are white and the berry-shaped, red to black-purple drupes are 0.7-0.8 cm in size. The bark of the American buckthorn is interspersed with air-permeable pores.
The dried whole or shredded bark of the trunks and branches, Rhamni purshianae cortex, is used phytotherapeutically.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/faulbaum.php
Blaschek W (2015) Wichtl tea drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft Munich. S 548-549
