What is Rhamnus Purshiana?

Rhamnus Purshiana is a plant of the genus Rhamnus Purshiana, shrub or small tree, up to 10 meters high. And the young branches are glabrous, branchlets opposite or nearly opposite, brown or reddish brown. The leaves are papery, opposite or nearly opposite, or clustered on short branches, broadly elliptic or oval, sparsely oblanceolate-elliptic. The flowers are unisexual, dioecious, 4 cardinals, with petals, 1-3 female flowers are born in the leaf axils or several to more than 20 clusters are born on the ends of short branches. The drupe is spherical, black, with 2 points of nucleus; the seeds are ovoid, yellow-brown, with narrow longitudinal grooves as long as the seeds on the back. It will be in full blosson period from May to June, and bears fruits from July to October.

Rhamnus Purshiana Habitat
Rhamnus Purshiana has strong adaptability, cold tolerance, drought tolerance, and barren tolerance. It grows under forests on hillsides below 1800 meters above sea level, in shrubs or forest edges and ditch edges.

Rhamnus Purshiana Benefits
Rhamnus Purshiana is an excellent timber species and garden greening tree species, and it is an excellent bonsai tree species. The wood is hard, with fine structure and beautiful texture, which can be used for furniture and carving. The pulp is used for medicinal purposes, antipyretic and diarrhea, tannin extract can be extracted from bark and leaves, yellow dye can be extracted from bark and fruits, and the tree shape is beautiful. Buckthorn is drought-tolerant and barren, which is of great value for expanding the resources of ornamental tree species and timber species.