Palestine Buckthorn / زَفرين فلسطيني / سويد /

السدر الفلسطيني / السوّيد الفلسطيني / العَجْرَم / النبق الفلسطيني /

Rhamnus lycioides L.

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Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
January to April
Seed collection period
August to November
Potential medicinal uses
  • Hepatic
  • Laxative
  • Tonic
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Green
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Phanerophyte shrub

Scientifc data

Genus
Rhamnus
Family
Rhamnaceae
Wikidata item
Q148804
GBIF Item
Rhamnus lycioides L. (6371380)

References

  1. Rhamnus lycioides L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-23.
  2. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  3. عراف، شكري. الأرض، الأنسان، والجهد. الجليل: جليل للتجليد، 1993.
  4. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  5. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  6. Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”

Citation

Rhamnus lycioides L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/611 accessed via barari.org on 5/28/2026.

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