Common name: Buckthorn
Rhamnus alaternus L. APNI* 
Description: Spreading evergreen tall shrub, glabrous.
Leaves ovate to elliptic, 2.5–4 cm long, 1–2.5 cm wide, margins regularly toothed, both surfaces glabrous, domatia often present in the first and second lateral veins on the lower surface; upper surface glossy: petiole 2–8 mm long.
Inflorescences axillary, 5–10 mm long. Flowers < 3 mm long, greenish.
Fruit globose, 3–5 mm diam., red at first, maturing blue-black, usually containing 3 nutlets.
Flowering: Flowers in early spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Sometimes cultivated, occasionally naturalized. Native of Eur.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *CT, *ST, *CWS
Text by G. J. Harden; updated Louisa Murray Nov 2013
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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