Frangula caroliniana

Rhamnus.

Botanical name:

Frangula caroliniana

Frangula purshiana

Rhamnus catharticus

Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Cathartics.

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Rhamnus Purshiana (U. S. P.)—Cascara Sagrada.

Botanical name:

Alphitonia excelsa

Colubrina asiatica

Colubrina elliptica

Frangula californica

Frangula caroliniana

Frangula purshiana

Rhamnus alnifolia

Rhamnus lanceolata

Classic texts: King's 1898.

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Frangula caroliniana (Walt.) Gray.
Engl.: Carolina buckthorn, Indian-cherry, yellow buckthorn.
Bot. syn.: Rhamnus caroliniana Walt.

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