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http://www.herbs2000.com/herbs/herbs_alder_bu...Alder Buckthorn
Rhamnus frangula
COMMON NAMES
Alder Buckthorn
Alder Dogwood
Arrowwood
Black Alder Tree
Black Dogwood
European Black Alder
Glossy Buckthorn
Persian Berries
The plant called the alder buckthorn is used in many herbal medications, especially as a laxative.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/135...alder buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula), also called Alder Dogwood (Rhamnus frangula), woody shrub or small tree, of the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae), native to western Asia, Europe, and northern Africa.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/...alder buckthorn(alder buck|thorn)
a deciduous Eurasian shrub which bears glossy leaves and black berries.
Frangula alnus (or Rhamnus frangula), family Rhamnaceae
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/...buckthorn(buck|thorn)
a shrub or small tree which typically bears thorns and black berries. Some kinds yield dyes and others have been used medicinally.
Genus Rhamnus, family Rhamnaceae: several species, including the common buckthorn (R. cathartica), with berries formerly used as a cathartic.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buc...Definition of BUCKTHORN
1: any of a genus (Rhamnus of the family Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family) of often thorny trees or shrubs some of which yield purgatives or pigments
2: a shrub or small tree (Bumelia lycioides) of the sapodilla family of the southern United States
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http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/FaulbaumDer Faulbaum (Frangula alnus) ist eine in weiten Teilen Europas heimische Strauchart aus der Familie der Kreuzdorngewächsen (Rhamnaceae). Je nach verwendeter Systematik wird die Art auch in die Gattung Rhamnus gestellt und trägt dann den Namen Rhamnus frangula.
http://www.wissen.de/wde/generator/wissen/res...Faulbaum
Rhamnus frangula
ein Kreuzdorngewächs, bis 2,5 m hoher Strauch. Die Rinde (Cortex Frangulae) dient als Abführmittel.
http://www.awl.ch/heilpflanzen/rhamnus_frangu...Rhamnus frangula (syn. Frangula alnus, F. frangula, F. vulgaris, Rhamnus korolkowii, R. nemoralis, R. pentapetala, R. sanguino);
Faulbaum (syn. Amselbaum, Brechwegdorn, Glatter Wegdorn, Grindholz, Pulverholz, Spillbaum, Zapfenholz, Zweckenholz)
