Rhamnus arguta
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The mature fruits are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. In north China it grows in forests and thickets below 2,000 m above sea level.
Asia, China, Mongolia,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A shrub or small tree. It grows 2-3 m tall. It can have spines. The leaves are opposite or alternate. The leaves are 2-6 cm long by 2-5 cm long. Male and female flowers are separate. The fruit is round and black when mature. It is 6-7 mm across.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Rhamnus arguta, the sharp-tooth buckthorn, is a plant which has become naturalized in Indiana, USA.
Production
In China plants flower in May and June and fruit June to September.
Notes
There are about 160 Rhamnus species.
References (1)
- Khasbagan, Hu-Yin Huai, and Sheng-Ji pei, 2000, Wild Plants in the Diet of Athorchin Mongol Herdsmen in Inner Mongolia. Economic Botany 54(4): 528-536 (As Rhamus arguta)
