Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rhamnus cathartica L. [Rhamnaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Rhamnus cathartica var. cathartica

Rhamnus cathartica var. caucasica Kusn.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akdiken	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
buckthorn	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) 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) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
buckthorn bark	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) 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)
itjumrut	Other	Med. Pl. Chatkal Reserve, Uzbekistan (Egamberdieva et al., 2012)
kreuzdorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kreuzdornbeeren	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
nerprun	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: 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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (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 Pharmacop. (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)
tufty thorn	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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 Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
berries, fruits		Med. Pl. Chatkal Reserve, Uzbekistan (Egamberdieva et al., 2012)
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., 2004)
Rhamnus cathartica	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) 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) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Chatkal Reserve, Uzbekistan (Egamberdieva et al., 2012) 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 Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) 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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) 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 Pharmacop.: 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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