Frangula alnus, commonly known as alder buckthorn, glossy buckthorn, or breaking buckthorn, is a tall deciduous shrub in the family Rhamnaceae. Unlike other "buckthorns", alder buckthorn does not have thorns.

Frangula is a genus of deciduous shrubs with alternate, simple leaves with stipules, buds without bud scales, branches without spines and flowers with five petals and undivided styles. The fruits are 2 to 4-seeded berries.

Wonderful texture and a narrow form combine in a tough, adaptable plant. A great landscape plant, Fine Line buckthorn combines the feathery foliage of 'Asplenifolia' with the narrow upright habit of 'Columnaris.' Use Fine Line in narrow hedgerows for privacy, as an accent plant, or even in a patio container.

Alder Buckthorn is native to Europe and northern Africa and most often found in the wild in swamps and damp places and damp open woods, preferring a peaty soil. It does produce a fleshy, black berry that is poisonous when ingested, but it …

More widely known as Rhamnus purshiana, this species is also well known by the common name, Cascara sagrada, meaning sacred bark in Spanish. The bark is used medicinally as a very strong laxative. Supposedly from Chinook Jargon, old-timers called …

Frangula alnus is commonly called alder buckthorn because it is frequently seen in the wild growing in moist soils near alders (genus Alnus). It is also commonly called glossy buckthorn in reference to its glossy leaves.

Native to western North America, Frangula purshiana (Cascara Buckthorn) is a deciduous, erect or spreading, tall shrub or small tree with a low canopy. Clusters of inconspicuous, small greenish-yellow flowers, each with 5 petals, are produced in spring.

A genus of ca. 50 species, shrubs and small trees, of the northern hemisphere. The distinctions between Frangula and Rhamnus s.l. are many and meaningful; their separation at the generic level seems warranted based on morphological and molecular analyses (Richardson et al. 2000a; Bolmgren & Oxelman 2004; Hauenschild et al. 2016a, 2016b).

Frangula is a genus of about 50 accepted species of shrubs or small trees, commonly known as buckthorns in the family Rhamnaceae. They are deciduous with alternate, simple leaves with stipiles, buds without bud scales, branches without spines and flowers with five petals and undivided styles.

R. frangula is widely distributed in western Eurasia and is a native of Britain, though absent from Scotland and the north-west. It is a rather handsome small fruiting tree with foliage of a cheerful green. Under the name of “dogwood” its wood is used (as charcoal) in the manufacture of the finest gunpowders. The bark has purgative properties.