Frangula alnus (Alder buckthorn)

  • Rowan McOnegal
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Frangula alnus (Alder buckthorn). Rowan McOnegal. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Slender shrub with erect thornless branches; alternate untoothed leaves, turning yellow or red in autumn; 5-petalled flowers. Contain emodine, frangulanin, frangulin, and anthraquinones such as emodin. Emodin has been used as a laxative (in herbal remedies obtained through bark shavings), but is now used mainly as tool in toxicity studies. Small branch with ovate green leaves and single red berries.

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