Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rhamnus cathartica L. [Rhamnaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Rhamnus cathartica var. cathartica

Rhamnus cathartica var. caucasica Kusn.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
buckthorn	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cervispina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common buckthorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
echter kreuzdorn	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
espinheiro-cerval	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
espino cerval	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
european buckthorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
european cuckthorn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fructus rhamni catharticae	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
getapel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ich aldyrgych kark moyul	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
kreuzdorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kreuzdornbeeren	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
nerprun	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
nerprun purgatif	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
purging buckthorn	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
purging buckthron	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rhamni cathartici fructus	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhamnus cathartica	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
rhine berry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sapgreen	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spina cervina	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
tamuje	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
togzhurnroot	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
zhoster slabitel'nyy	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
épine noire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
药鼠李实	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruits, bark, branch		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cervispina cathartica (L.) Moench Methodus: 686 (1794).
Rhamnus uninervis Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 333 (1867), nom. superfl.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rhamnus catharica	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005)
Rhamnus cathartica	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Rhamnus cathartica L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rhamnus cathartica Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rhamnus catharticus	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Rhamnus catharticus L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Rhamnus catharticus Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Rhamnus cathertica L.	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)

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