Rhamnaceae
Cascara buckthorn
Frangula purshiana
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Frangula
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Frangula purshianaRhamnaceae
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- الكسكرا, القشرة المقدسة, عجرم, عوسج فارس, قلف مقدس, نبق بورشيانا
- arz
- القشرة المقدسه
- Czech
- Řešetlák Purshův
- English
- Cascara buckthorn
- Hungarian
- Kaszkarabokor
- Italian
- Cascara Sagrada
- Japanese
- カスカラサグラダ
- Korean
- 카스카라 사그라다
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- F. purshiana, Sagradatre
- Persian
- ارجنگ
- Russian
- Каскара
- Swedish
- Cascara-sagradabark
Synonyms
- Cardiolepis obtusa Raf.
- Rhamnus purshiana DC.
- Rhamnus purshiana var. hirtella Schelle
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.