Rhamnaceae
Sawleaf buckthorn
Rhamnus serrata
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Rhamnus
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Sawleaf buckthorn
- nah
- Tlalcapolin
Synonyms
- Endotropis serrata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Hauenschild
- Rhamnus fasciculata Greene
- Rhamnus serrata var. guatemalensis L.A.Johnst.
- Rhamnus serrata var. serrata
- Rhamnus serrulata Kunth
- Rhamnus smithii subsp. fasciculata (Greene) C.B.Wolf
- Rhamnus smithii var. mulleri Fosberg
- Ventia serrata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Hauenschild
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- 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.