Plant Details

Accepted name:: Frangula alnus Mill. [Rhamnaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 3

Frangula alnus subsp. alnus

Frangula alnus subsp. baetica (Willk. & E.Rev.) Rivas Goday ex Devesa

Frangula alnus subsp. pontica (Boiss.) P.H.Davis & Yalt.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alder buck	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
alder buckthorn	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) 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) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
alder dogwood	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
alderbuckthorn	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
alno nero	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
alqueshra almoqadassa	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
amieiro preto	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
amselbaum	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
arraclan	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
arraclán	Other	MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
arrow-wood	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
arrowwood	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avellanillo	Other	MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
awsag aswad	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
bark	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
barut ağacı	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
barutagaci	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
bird cherry	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
black alder	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
black alder bark	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
black dog wood	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
black dogwood	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bois noir	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
bois à poudre	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
bourdaine	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
brakved	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
brechwegdorn	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
buckthorn	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
buckthorn bark	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
casca de amiero	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
corteccia difrangola	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
cortex frangulae	Other, Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
cortex frangulae alni	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
cortex rhamni frangulae	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
corteza de arraclau	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
cortezade frangula	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
dog wood	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
faulbaum	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
faulbaumrinde	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
frangola	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
frangula	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
frangula bark	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Rhamnus frangula, cort. (2006) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
frangula extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
frangulae cortex	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Rhamnus frangula, cort. (2006) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
frángula	Other	MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
gelbholzrinde	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
glatter wegdorn	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
glossy buckthorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
grindholz	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
krusinnik	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
krušyna	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
kulit frangula	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kutyabengekéreg	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
pulverholz	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
pulverholzrinde	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
purging buckthorn	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
quishrul awsagel aswad	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
rhamnus frangula	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
rhamnusbast	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
schwarzholz	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
seiyo-iso-no-ki	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
seyah-tusseh	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
shagrat hhabb esh shung	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
siâhtouseh	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
spillbaum	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
sporkenhoutbast	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
tufty thorn	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
vuilboombast	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
zapfenholz	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
zweckenholz	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
écorce de bourdaine	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
écorce defrangule	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
écorce d’aune noir	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
кpушынa	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
药绿柴	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem bark, branch bark		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
stem bark		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
cortex		EMA Com. Monog.: Rhamnus frangula, cort. (2006)
Bark		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
bark		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
bark, fruits		Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
bark, fruit		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
stem bark, branch	dried bark of the stem and branch	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bark	dried, whole or fragmented bark	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
bark	dried, whole or fragmented bark of the stems and branches	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
wood		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
bark	Dried, whole or fragmented bark of the stems and branches	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
corteza		MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rhamnus frangula L. Sp. Pl.: 193 (1753).
Frangula dodonei Ard. ex Soldano Boll. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Verona 18: 341 (1991 publ. 1994), nom. superfl.
Frangula vulgaris Hill Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 488 (1832), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Frangula alnus	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009)
Frangula alnus (L.) Mill.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Frangula alnus Ard.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Frangula alnus Mill.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Frangula alnus Miller	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rhamnus frangula	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Rhamnus frangula L.	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Rhamnus frangula, cort. (2006) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rhamnus frangula Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rhamnus frangula Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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