Rhamnaceae
Mediterranean buckthorn
Rhamnus alaternus
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Rhamnus
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Common names
By language (22)
- aeb
- عود الخير
- Arabic
- نبق متبادل الأوراق, امليس, امليلس, زفرين, سدر متبادل الأوراق
- arz
- نبق متبادل الاوراق
- Asturian
- Corneyu
- Azerbaijani
- Həmişəyaşıl murdarça
- Basque
- Karraskila, Txorbeltz
- Catalan
- Aladern, Coscoll marí, Llampuguera, Llampúgol
- Chinese
- 意大利鼠李, 義大利鼠李
- Corsican
- Litarnu, Litarru, Lutarnu
- Croatian
- Megnjoj pasjak
- Danish
- Middelhavs-Korsved, Stedsegrøn Korsved
- English
- Mediterranean buckthorn, Italian buckthorn
- Esperanto
- Alaterno
- French
- Nerprun alaterne
- Galician
- Alaterno
- German
- Stechpalmen-Kreuzdorn, Immergrüner Kreuzdorn
- Hebrew
- אשחר רחב-עלים
- Italian
- Alaterno
- kab
- Tametwala
- Spanish
- Aladierno, Cascaborra, Chaparro bruco, Ladierna portuguesa, Palo de Bañon, Palo mesto, Palomesto, Prezuera
- Ukrainian
- Жостір вічнозелений
- Welsh
- Rhafnwydden fythwyrdd
Synonyms
- Alaternus angustifolia Mill.
- Alaternus balearica Duhamel ex Steud.
- Alaternus glabra Mill.
- Alaternus hispanicus hort. ex Steud.
- Alaternus integrifolius Raf.
- Alaternus lanceolatus Raf.
- Alaternus latifolia Mill.
- Alaternus ovatus Raf.
- Alaternus phylica Mill.
- Alaternus rotundifolia hort. ex Steud.
- Alaternus variegata hort. ex Steud.
- Rhamnus alaternus var. angustifolia DC.
- Rhamnus alaternus var. hispanica DC.
- Rhamnus alaternus var. vulgaris DC.
- Rhamnus clusii Willd.
- Rhamnus coriacea Buch
- Rhamnus hispanica hort. ex K.Koch
- Rhamnus jacobi-salvadorii O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Rhamnus philyca Bubani
- Rhamnus picenensis Duval-Jouve
- Rhamnus racemosa Duhamel
- Rhamnus tripolitana Engl.
Photos
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.