Rhamnaceae
Chinese buckthorn
Rhamnus utilis
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Rhamnus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 冻绿, 冻木树, 冻绿叶, 冻绿柴, 冻绿树, 大脑头, 油葫芦子, 狗李
- English
- Chinese buckthorn
- Korean
- 연밥갈매나무
- Turkish
- Çin cehrisi
Synonyms
- Rhamnus cathartica var. intermedia Maxim.
- Rhamnus macrophylla Carrière
- Rhamnus shozyoensis Nakai
- Rhamnus sieboldiana Makino
- Rhamnus utilis f. glabra Rehder
- Rhamnus utilis var. multinervis Y.Q.Zhu & D.K.Zang
- Rhamnus utilis var. utilis
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.