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Rhamnus lycioides
Rhamnus lycioides, the black hawthorn, European buckthorn, or Mediterranean buckthorn, is a shrub up to about 1.5-4 metres tall in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae. It is found in the Mediterranean region, in southern Europe and northern Africa. Its scientific name lycioides refers to its resemblance to the botanical genus Lycium.
3 branches of this group, most-observed first
Mediterranean buckthorn
speciesRhamnus lycioides
Olive Buckthorn
speciesRhamnus oleoides
saw-toothed buckthorn
speciesRhamnus velutina
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1244720.