Plant Details

Accepted name:: Frangula californica (Eschsch.) A.Gray [Rhamnaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 6

Frangula californica subsp. californica

Frangula californica subsp. crassifolia (Jeps.) Kartesz & Gandhi

Frangula californica subsp. cuspidata (Greene) Kartesz & Gandhi

Frangula californica subsp. ursina (Greene) Kartesz & Gandhi

Frangula californica subsp. occidentalis (Howell) Kartesz & Gandhi

Frangula californica subsp. tomentella (Benth.) Kartesz & Gandhi

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
california buckthorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
california coffee-tree	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
california coffeeberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
coffee berry	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
rhamnus californica	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rhamnus californica Eschsch. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg Hist. Acad. 10: 285 (1826).
Rhamnus californica subsp. typica C.B.Wolf Rancho Santa Ana Bot. Gard. Monogr., Bot. Ser. 1: 64 (1938), not validly publ.
Rhamnus purshiana var. californica (Eschsch.) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 1510 (1902).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Frangula californica (Eschsch.) A. Gray	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Frangula californica (Eschsch.) A. Gray subsp. californica	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Frangula californica (Eschsch.) A.Gray	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Frangula californica (Eschsch.) Gray	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Frangula californica (Eschsch.) Gray ssp. californica	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Rhamnus californica	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Rhamnus californica Esch.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Rhamnus californica Eschsch.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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